Ask to Join The Battle Spire S1

[SharpShotInteleon]

Winston had been watching intently throughout the whole match, studying the battle tactics of the fighters. This oughta come in handy during my battles. He had considered just before leaving the stadium. He shrugged, took a pokeball from his belt and sent the Pokémon inside out for action. The purple monkey stared at him with cunning eyes, clapped its dual tails together, then began to climb atop a building, swinging on the polished metal pipes that lined their walls. Soon after scaling the building, it picked up a small, blue wrapped object and chucked it down at Winston. He caught it in two hands and pocketed it.

"Cheers, Ambipom!" Called out Winston to the purple, twin-tailed monkey, which jumped down to the ground and swiftly returned to its pokeball.

Nice! A rare candy! Winston thought to himself, before walking towards the seashore, mainly just to rest his old legs.

 

[Merciless Medic]

Shade was amazed at the spectacle, along with all of her Pokemon. Now satisfied, her Pokemon returned back into their PokeBalls as she received a message from a chat. Battle Ajax whenever we want tomorrow at sunset? Cool. She would have to think about that. For now though, she wanted to find out more about these Galarian Pokemon. A Cinderace and a Dragapult? She had to figure out more about them.

She messaged the chat back with #Consider me interested, Ajax# before leaving the stadium. She was heading towards the hotel, but if anyone wanted to fight her, they could just come up and talk to her. She was only walking slowly up to the residential area with her Battle Master card glowing brightly.

Meanwhile, Sheila returned her Pokemon for the night and walked back to the residential area. She didn't want to see what was going on in the chat when her phone beeped, she just wanted to rest. She won't stop people from coming up to her though, since she was a Spire Master. Her own Spire Master card shone brightly on her chest.

As for Eva, she was wanting to battle someone immediately after that spectacle. That was amazing! She ran up to the closest person to her who seemed like a participant and asked them. "Can I have a battle with you? Like a double battle, 2v2 kind of thing? Just a quick one." (OOC: Can be anyone, but please be active.)

 

[TheWanderer]

That really was an impressive battle. Edward's head was spinning as he walked out among the throng of people. I guess it just goes to show - there's always another boundary to overcome. He stepped out into the cool evening air and quickly shook out the cramp in his right hand. At least he had taken plenty of notes to study later. The predominant factor that Edward had noticed during the battle, however, was the pace at which they progressed and changed direction: one misstep could spell instant failure for a trainer.

He was jolted out of his reverie by someone running up to him. It was a young woman, with hair in a full rainbow of colors (@Merciless Medic). "Can I have a battle with you?" she asked, "Like a double battle, 2v2 kind of thing? Just a quick one."

Edward hesitated for a moment - he really did want to head back to his room and share his notes with his team, but he would also like to get at least one win in before the end of the day - before replying.

"Why not? That was an amazing battle in there, and I'm all pumped up anyway." Morgan seemed like she wanted badly to curse something on the boat, so it might be good to let her do that now.

 

[Merciless Medic]

Eva smiled happily. "Oh, cool! So, where shall we do this...?" As she looked about, she found a battleground not too far away. "We'll battle there, then." She then ran off towards the battleground and began setting up the battle from the battle panel. "Alright... Double battle, only 2v2... Not full battle, no... Huh, that should be it. Cool. Oh. Evelyn Terra, participant. Versus..." she then realized she didn't know the guy's name. Whoops. She looked back at him to finish the rest, slight embarrassment overtaking her.

 

[Captain Cardboard]

The battle concluded, Robin leaned back in his seat with a large grin on his face. That was a pretty impressive battle, to say the least. And the moves they used! So cool! The Galarian starter, Cinderace, once again using a move that Robin hadn't seen before. Making a ball of fire and kicking it like a soccer ball was pretty incredible! Robin stood up, rubbing some warmth back into his arms. That was a pretty intense chill that the Alolan Ninetails was able to whip up. Snow Warning was a pretty incredible ability. Robin put his backpack and and sword back on, and Cherry jumped up from her hiding place and into Robin's shirt. She attempted to warm herself as well.
"So, Akabane. Should we go get some dinner?" Robin asked.

@soxterluna

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon got up from his chair.
“That was pretty impressive, right everyone?”
His Pokémon, who had also been watching, had different reactions, but most agreed.
Neon saw two trainers near a battleground, and raised an eyebrow.
“Quick, who votes to go check that out.”
Most of his Pokémon raised their hands/paws/wings, and the ones who didn’t have hands just nodded, and Neon got the message.
“Alright, let’s go check it out.”
Neon walked to the battleground, and sat down on a nearby bench, and watched things play out.

 

[Pinch]

Bailey stood up after the ceremony, the battle had definitely impressed him and the two of his smaller Pokemon who were watching with him. At this point he was pretty hungry, so he decided to go get something to eat in the stadium lobby. Surely enough, there was a cafe/restaurant there, he sat down, got something to eat before noticing a battle outside. He paid for his food and headed outside to watch it unfold, sitting down he realised another trainer watching. He walked up to the fellow trainer and introduced himself, "hey, are you a fellow participant?" He asked Neon, "I'm Bailey, Unovan Elite Four and two time victor of the Unova League."

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon looked at Bailey.
“Hey! I’m Neon, Kalos league victor and certified Elite trainer!”
He showed Bailey all his gym badges, as well as his trainer ID, which in “Class” read: Elite Trainer/Kalos League Victor.
Neon’s Lucario nodded at Bailey.
Lucario was almost always out of it’s Pokeball.
“Anyway, I’m here to watch these two battle, then I’m probably gonna go to that cafe over there.”
He pointed to the cafe/restaurant.
“Wanna watch the battle with me?”

 

[Pinch]

Bailey looked at the restaurant, "yeah, that's a good idea. I just ate there, the food was pretty good." He said, "And of course I'll watch the battle with you, I was doing that anyway." He said, sitting down on the bench next to him. He found it a bit strange that he had ALL of his Pokemon out at once, especially some of the bigger ones, but he didn't think too much of it. He was just used to normally having to restrain Hydreigon around other Pokemon.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon thought for a moment.
“Hm, probably shouldn’t have my really big Pokémon out.”
Neon’s big pokemon, like Slaking, Dragapult, and Charizard, complained.
“Chill out guys, we all know there’s a camera in every nook and cranny in this place, we can just use my rotom phone app to tap into the feed, and watch the battle again, ‘Kay?”
Neon’s big pokemon agreed, and they all returned to their pokeballs.
The only Pokémon left out was Lucario, who was pretty much always out of it's pokeball.
“Better, and less crowded.”
Lucario agreed, and watched the battle.

 

[TheWanderer]

"Oh, yes. Of course. Sorry." Edward walked over to the panel. "My name is Edward - Edward Thistle - but most people just shorten it to Ed." He took out Morgan's pokeball and, after a moment's thought, Dino's as well. No holding back. "Alright then!" Edward strolled to the trainer's box on his side of the field. After seeing that battle, it might be good to practice maintaining constant pressure...

"Morgan! Dino! You're up!" He tossed the two balls into the arena and watched as the Dusknoir and Haxorus materialized from their energy-based state.

 

[ThanosCar_The_Inevitable]

Upon feeling his phone vibrate, Max winced and prepared for the worst, remembering what had happened last time. He gingerly pulled the device as if it were a bomb and pulled it out. Reading the message, the look of fear on his face disappeared. He turned to Liepard, who was resting beside him and said:
"One of those Spire guys is accepting challengers tomorrow. You up for it?"
The dark type yawned in response and flicked its tail lazily.
".....Yeah, I'm with you on that. Whole lotta trouble just to get washed in front of a huge crowd. Anyways, I'm going out for a walk. Wanna come with?"
After only a few minutes of walking, Max heard some commotion coming from a nearby outdoors arena and decided to check out what was going on, partially out of boredom and partially out of curiosity.
"Hmmm....seems like a battle's about to start. Doubles by the look of it. Hey, that girl looks familiar.....Oh yeah! She's the one who helped find Flygon!"
Max waved to Eva and called out:
"Hey there! Thanks for helping me out with Flygon! Mind if Liepard and I spectate your battle?"

 

[Merciless Medic]

After the console logged his name, Eva waltzed up to her trainer's box and threw out her Pokemon: Glacier the Glaceon and Umbra the Umbreon. The two Pokemon sneered at one another and towards the Haxorus and Dusknoir. This was going to be fun.

A holographic referee appeared as he explained the battle. "2v2 double battle. Evelyn Terra vs. Edward Thistle. Battle... COMMENCE!"

With that, the referee disappeared. The breeze blew past the plain battlefield, shooting some dust to the side. "Icy Darkness!" Yelled Eva.

Umbra emitted a powerful blast of dark aura towards the two Pokemon, while Glacier breathed out a strong gust of ice and hail and snow that was as fast as an actual blizzard in a snowstorm. The bits of snow clung to the Dark Pulse, sending them faster towards the opponents.

 

[TheWanderer]

"Guard!" called out Edward in response to the sudden attack. Acting on his trainer's orders, Dino leaped in front of Morgan and roared, using Protect to create a shield against the attack. Furthermore, since Morgan was on the lee-side of the Axe Jaw Pokemon, she was similarly able to avoid the majority of the freezing darkness. I have to be careful about this, considering the extent to which Glaceon and Umbreon counter Dino and Morgan. The first priority is probably the Glaceon, and then we can focus on the Umbreon.

"Morgan, Wispray Combo! Dino, go on the attack!" Edward shouted to his Pokemon. "Go after Glaceon!"

Dino lunged forward at a speed that belied his stature, spinning around with his tail glowing a metallic silver for an Iron Tail attack. Meanwhile, Morgan cackled softly, and shot out several motes of dark energy - a combined Will-O-Wisp and Confuse Ray attack - at the Glaceon.

 

[Alternate_Mystery]

Ozona was in unimaginable awe from the intense fight. "If we want to beat them, we definitely need to up our game, eh Buck?"
The Smeargle was actually knocked out by the Echoed Voice that burst through the arena. A smirk was on his face, however. Like he KNEW he had to improve. He was recalled and Ozona left to a open area near the fountain. She pulls out a Pokeball with a fist. "Nacho, wanna get some karate training in quick?"
The ball opens itself and a Hawlucha appears next to her. "Chirr! (Yep!)" , he called out. "Well, let's get to it then! I ain't called the Karate Riser for nothing!"
The two begin exchanging light kicks, hoping onlookers wouldn't mistake it for them fighting.

 

[Frontier Master]

Ajax stood at one end of the private battlefield on the 64th floor of the Battle Spire. His ever-expanding assortment of Pokemon stood behind him in the open space between the battlefield and the small stands dotted around the 64th floor. Ajax had always favored this particular battlefield for reasons unknown to even him, though if he had to hazard a guess it would be that the battlefield was by far the least crowded battlefield still equipped with a deluxe holographic terrain simulator.
As Ajax mindlessly tinkered with his smart watch his Toxtricity and Hakamo-o begun to play a continuous rising symphony, the Song of Sovereignty as some liked to call it. A thematic sound meant to highlight the gravitas of the battle set to unfold.
Utilizing a brief lull in the song Ajax called out to the open door on the opposite side of the stadium “the battle will be a simple 2 on 2 double battle format. Mutual mega evolutions only, The trainer whose Pokémon remain standing will be the victor! Now to all those who wish to challenge me, Enter!”

@Merciless Medic

Edit: Spelling and Clarity

 

[Merciless Medic]

Eva yelled out: "Umbra, use Safeguard! Glacier, Iron Shard Tail!" Umbra began glowing green, which then passed on to Glacier, protecting him from the Confuse Ray and Will-O-Wisp combo. During this, Glacier went in with an Iron Tail of his own. He focused more metal energy in his tail, making it grow longer and larger and he pivoted about in the opposite direction the Haxorus was spinning - only to sweep at Dino's feet with this new range, ducking underneath the Iron Tail. Of course, this put Glacier in an undesirable position if he hadn't released the Ice Shards from his back. The icicles formed quickly as they were shot at Dino's legs.

Meanwhile, Shade met up with Ajax at the arena, her six chosen Pokemon ready. Of course, when didn't realize it was going to be a double battle until now, but that shouldn't be an issue. She walked up to Ajax and smiled. "Why hello again, Ajax. I'm assuming you are ready for this." She unclipped two PokeBalls from her belt and got in the ready.

 

[Frontier Master]

“Ready your Pokémon Shade, you only get two” Ajax couldn’t help cracking a sly smile as Shade entered the arena, out of all the battle masters who could have arrived to challenge, he was glad to see her standing as his opponent. Ajax had been following her progress in and outside the spire for a while now, he knew she had immense potential. ‘This will be an excellent battle’ Ajax thought as he waited for Shade to release her two chosen pokemon

 

[Merciless Medic]

Shade thought for a moment before deciding on her two Pokemon. Releasing them into the field, a Gengar with a shiny Gengarite on an intricate band around his waist and a Houndoom could be seen entering the field. She locked her Darkinium-Z into her Z-Ring and smirked. This was going to be fun. She was quite fond of Ajax. Not only was he a good battler, but he was a lovely conversationalist. She waited for him to release his Pokemon. She knew she was going to lose, as he was a Spire Master, but she wasn't going to let him down without a good fight. She then talked to her Pokemon.

"Do not underestimate his Pokemon. Show them your true brutal sides."

With that, Doom the Houndoom let his instincts overtake him. Instead of standing proud and proper, his hackles are raised and he was ready to pounce with an evil look in his eyes and his teeth bared. Gar the Gengar also let his instincts overtake him. His body became more shadow-like and his eyes glowed a deep crimson red.

 

[Frontier Master]

Ajax smiled at the two Pokémon, “Gar and Doom, very good choices. Let’s got with Toph and Turbo!” The two Pokemon let out triumphant cries before making their way onto the field, Toph kicking gently at the ground beneath her as Turbo hovered overhead
“Computer initialize rule set ‘Delta-4’ 2v2 format, override Prestige requirements and play the glory tracks”
“Command functions accepted, performing commands.” The disembodied replied before launching into a pre-recorded Spiel “Today’s battling pair are none other than the Amber Workhorse herself Toph and the Flaming Fury of Kalos Turbo. Together they are.... the Daughters of Scorched Earth! Let’s get this battle started in 3... 2... 1... Initiate!”
Immediately the pair launched into action, with a single flap of her wings Turbo launched herself backward a noticeable gust of wind now blowing from behind Ajax’s Pokémon (Tailwind) before firing off a volley of sharp wind blades (Razor wind) toward Shades team. The increased wind speeds sending them roaring across the field, meanwhile Toph began pounding her feet into the ground, sending shockwaves and debris in all directions (Earthquake). As the roaring winds continued to sweep across the field small sharpened stones begun to flick up from the ground being carried by the winds and sent flying toward the Houndoom and Gengar as a volley of tiny projectiles (Stealth rock used offensively).

 

[Merciless Medic]

Shade could feel the slight Tailwind hit her, and her team were feeling it now. It didn't do much to hamper their speed, but Gar and Doom buffed themselves up a little, calming their mind and letting their mind wander towards dark thoughts (Nasty Plot). They wanted to tear them to shreds. Doom hopped over the rumbling earth and spiraled between the blades of wind and pointed rocks whilst Gar became one with the shadows and zoomed towards the Mudsdale and appeared at her shadow, attempting to grab her legs and pull her into the shadowy ground (Non-damaging variant of Phantom Force). Mudsdale was the one they had to work together to beat, since she was the more advantageous one against them in this fight. Doom rushed forward towards the Mudsdale, going for the throat with his teeth bared (combination of Throat Chop and Crunch).

 

[Frontier Master]

Toph did her best to conjure a Protect against Gar’s attempts to ensnare her but the ghostly energy slipped through the shield and begun to lower her into the ground. Immediately Toph began to stomp and kick her hooves trying to hit the spectral face of Gar, sending shockwaves radiating through the earth (Boosted Stomping Tantrum due to protects failure).
As Doom focused upon and rushed toward the Pre-occupied Toph, Turbo readied her attack, soaring high into the air and using the light from the various overhead lights as cover, she was almost silent, the only sound the wing rustling through her feathers as she begun to glow a bright vibrant blue before returning to her normal coloration (Swords Dance). In an instant she tucked her wings in and dropped, her body glowing a sky blue hue as she gained speed, her Gale wings ability and the complimentary tailwind further increasing her speed. She continued to dive, readying herself for the attack, her sharp beak coated in an intense energy. She was planning to hit him square in the sides, forcing him to disengage and focus on her. This was his punishment for forgetting about her. (Aerial Ace)

 

[soxterluna]

(OOC - God bless I realized that I wasn’t supposed to post, also, I’ll probably won’t include anything specific about the battles, I literally haven’t read anything until now)

Akabane
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Amazing, for Akabane to say, their ability was just, magnificent. The Cinderace was just perfection. Cheren had been resting on Akabane while watching and gave a distorted screech to show his excitement. "Dinner? Oh yeah, yes that would be great." Akabane got up and returned her Pokémon, who were all still in awe from the battles.

"Well that was interesting,"[/li] Cheren went to Sapphire. "It sure was, did you see that Dragapult, those Pokémon above it’s eyes had excitement right in their eyes, it was purely fascinating!"[/li]

In the distance she heard a call, quite the familiar voice, something that sounded girly, childish, yet it had a male tone. "Wait." Akabane turned around just to see her friend Luna waving his hand,
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Luna
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Luna was waving intensely at Akabane, with Gil at his side clanking his spears together to signal where they were. Luna skipper joyfully to Akabane, it had been quite a while since they’ve seen each other.

Luna got to Akabane, Gil behind him. He noticed a blue haired man next to Akabane, and before he could stop himself, "Akabane! You didn’t tell me you had a special one!" Luna screamed without a thought. Luna turned to the blue haired man, "Now who would you be? I’m Luna, this lad next to me would be Gil, my other Pokémon are in my pockets. I got a question, why are you hanging around Akabane?"

@Captain Cardboard

 

[Captain Cardboard]

"Hm?" Robin said, pausing and glancing back. It was quite easy to see the person approaching. Robin would almost call the person approaching unusual, but then again he was at the Battle Spire. Pretty much everyone here was unusual. Like himself and Akabane, the guy had blue hair. He was a skinny guy, a little shorter than Robin with pigtails and a notebook. With the man was an Escavilier... cool. Whoever he was, he seemed to know Akabane. But what he said next surprised Robin completely.
"Akabane! You didn't tell me you had a special one!" The man literally screamed. Robin blinked, stepping back and staring at this guy in surprise. What the heck?

Cherry watched the strange human approach from her perch on Robin's shoulder... Something started to ring familiar with this human, for some reason. Very energetic.... and kind of childish.... Cherry couldn't stop the shocked expression of realization from coming across her face. This was the human big sis Merry said she was like?!

"Oh, uh, well..." It took Robin a moment to adjust to the energy output put off by this guy, and he smiled as he rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm Robin, it's nice to meet you. My Plusle here, her name's Cherry."
Robin gestured to Cherry, who was still looking at Luna in a state of surprise.
"Anyway, well, we just kind of met on the boat. Then Akabane showed up when I was selling TMs. We just decided to hang out and grab some dinner, probably battle before or after because she seemed pretty intent on it. Right?" Robin said to Akabane, giving the woman a thumbs up. "It's not like I know anyone else at the Battle Spire anyway. Well, except for Edward, but he ran off right after our battle."
Having caught himself rambling, Robin turned his attention back to the conversation at hand.
"So, are you a friend of Akabane's or something?" Robin asked Luna.

@soxterluna

 

[Merciless Medic]

Gar was in the worst spot possible for Stomping Tantrum, especially now that he was underneath Toph. He leapt back up in the air, damaged from the super effective attack.

Meanwhile, Doom was so close before he got pushed back by the Talonflame's Aerial Ace. Landing and rolling on the ground, he managed to stop and he stood up. Shade, having analyzed the quick Flying-Type moves, yelled out. "It has Gale Wings!"

With that in mind, Doom rushed up and electrified his fangs, his teeth bared and his mouth opened wide (Thunder Fang).

Gar took a moment from Toph to unleash a shadowy blob upon the Talonflame from behind. He shot two in fact, one towards the Talonflame and one towards the Mudsdale (Shadow Ball). He then floated back beside the Mudsdale and his fist was enveloped in ice as he threw the punch at the Mudsdale's side (Ice Punch).

 

[TheWanderer]

Reacting swiftly, Dino jumped up into the air again, narrowly avoiding the ice in addition to the Iron Tail. Edward grimaced at the Safeguard, rather frustrated but managing to keep his head. If it comes down to raw power, I trust in Dino, but how to do that?

"Dragon's Skystrike!" Edward shouted, naming one of his team's more elaborate combination attacks. Morgan spread out her arms, channeling psychic power and using Gravity. As the force pulling down on those present in the arena increased, Dino surrounded himself with rich purple energy, dropping down with newly enhanced speed in a combined Dragon Rush and Giga Impact towards the Glaceon. The enhanced gravity should make all attacks more likely to connect, which could go both ways. Best to end it quickly.

 

[Merciless Medic]

Umbra had decided that Dusknoir was the actual threat to this situation. Without Dusknoir, Haxorus wouldn't have the support he needed to keep going. Without any hesitation and any commands from Eva, she ran towards Dusknoir. She moved side to side as she did so, almost vanishing in between her destinations. She then vanished before appearing next to Dusknoir, rushing at him to smash him with Feint Attack, as well as bearing her teeth for a Bite.

Meanwhile, Glacier wasn't going to get away fast enough so he quickly pulled up a barrier in a dome (Protect) to block the attack. He then began glowing blue to prepare for another attack.

 

[Frontier Master]

Toph readied herself for the ice punch, waiting for Gar to get close enough for the Draft horse Pokémon to enact her counter attack, as the icy fist collided with her side she used the jolt of momentum to jump and kick out at Gar, her legs coated in a violet aura (Payback boosted by icy punch). Toph did her best to use the moment of chaos to create a measure of distance between herself and the Gengar. Not noticing the shadow ball until it was already too late Toph lowered her head and charged hoping to evade the worst of the damage, the ghostly orb colliding with the same spot the ice punch had, shattering the thin veil of ice which had formed over the area. Toph continued her charge, Bulldozing her way across the field toward Doom (Bulldoze).

Turbo had noticed the Shadow ball flying toward her, she rolled sideways to avoid the attack before soaring onward, her claws glowing a deep violet as she focused in upon her own target the shadow Pokémon Gar. Despite her immense speed the houndoom was gaining on her, nipping at her heels with electrified fangs and though the talonflame was able to evade the houndooms fangs the arcs of electricity were sent surging through her body, Turbo let out a painful cry but continued flying desperate to avoid the full brunt of the attack.

 

[TheWanderer]

Dino collided at maximum force with the Protect, releasing shockwaves as the large dragon pressed against the energy bubble. Wisps of purple and white energy flew from the point of collision, until finally, with one last roar, the Haxorus took a step back. He was momentarily winded by the effort that such a mighty attack took, but shook it off relatively quickly.

Meanwhile, Morgan was staring down an Umbreon that was charging towards her in a Faint Attack. The force of the blow knocked the Gripper Pokemon backwards, but before follow-up Bite could connect, the cloud of dust rising from Dino's struggle enveloped the scene. When it cleared, Morgan was - much to the surprise of Edward - nowhere to be seen. Where did she just - Edward had known the Dusknoir for long enough to worry any time she was out of sight. This wasn't usually worry as to Morgan's well-being, but rather the well-being of those who she messed with.

Morgan poked her head out of Dino's shadow, looked around, and slipped back into it. In the moments prior to the Bite, she had used Shadow Sneak to hide in the formidable shadow of the Haxorus. Now, it was time for her to wait for the proper moment to strike.

 

[aurivee_]

The young woman had been enchanted by the spectacle of the opening. She wrote furiously in her notebook, taking notes about the performances she had just witnessed. Talia was still in awe at the power of the Spire Masters, lost in her thoughts.
Maybe some day, I'll be able to match that.
She paced around, mentally devising strategies for her matches, whenever they would come.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon was watching the battle.
Then, Neon looked and saw Talia
Wait... is that..

Neon squinted.
“It is!”
Neon quickly got up, an ran over to Talia
“Hey! Hey!”
Neon stopped in front of Talia
He dug through his backpack and got out a specific piece of paper and pen his little sister gave him for this exact situation.
“My sister is a huge fan! Would you mind signing this?”
Neon held out a piece of paper and pen he just got out.
While many people might find Neon’s behavior silly, he knew how much his sister wanted this, so he didn’t care.

 

[aurivee_]

Talia was slightly startled by the sudden approach, but quickly regained composure. She smiled, her eyes glimmering joyfully.
"Sure! No problem," she replied kindly. Taking the piece of paper, she signed it with a flourish, using her typical signature for these situations.
Smiling, she handed it back. "Tell your sister I said hi. It's always nice to meet a fan."

Suddenly, a Pokeball popped open at the young woman's side. Out popped Harmony, her Togekiss. The Jubilee Pokemon chirped lightly, floating over to Neon's Lucario and offering her wing to shake.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon smiled and laughed.
“I got it! Oh, she’s gonna be so happy!”
Neon looked at Talia.
“Thank you!”
Lucario looked at Harmony, and smiled.
It shook Harmony’s wing.
Neon looked at their little exchange.
“Seems our Pokémon get along.”
Neon looked at Talia again.
“Hey, despite being a performer, I’m also pretty sure you can hold your own in a battle, otherwise, you wouldn’t be here.”
Neon thought for a moment.
“So, how ‘bout a battle?”

 

[aurivee_]

Her smile turned into a grin. "Totally! I'm always up for a good battle. We all are!" She glanced over at Harmony. "Hey! You wanna do some battling?"
Harmony pondered this for a moment, before giving a pseudo thumbs-up with her wing.
"Awesome! There's a battlefield over there, I'll be waiting." With that, she walked over, Harmony flying behind her and doing aerial twirls. She waited on her side of the battlefield, excited to begin.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon grinned.
“Haha! Great!”
Neon jogged over to the battlefield.
Neon thought for a moment.
He then ran over to a nearby box, and fiddled around with it for a moment, than ran to his side of the battlefield.
“Alright, you ready?”
Neon thought for a moment.
“What battle format you wanna do? Singles or doubles?”

 

[aurivee_]

Talia pondered this for a moment, before snapping her fingers. "How about doubles? Each side uses four Pokemon, no substitutions, no healing items? That okay with you?"
The key stone in her necklace was still concealed. No one in the world - aside from her family - knew about her and Melody's Mega Evolution.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon smirked.
“Fine by me!”
Neon’s left hand was in his pocket, the one with the watch that holstered the key stone.
He wasn’t very quiet about his mega evolution, but he wasn’t very loud about it either, only about 10 people knew about it.
Neon took his left hand out of his pocket, but his keystone still was hidden in the watch.
“Let’s do this!”
He picked up two pokeballs, one quick ball and one great ball.
“Alright! Come on out!”
Neon threw the quick ball first, way up high, and out came a huge shadow, and it fell to the ground with a huge echoing thud and a dust cloud.
After the dust settled, a Gigalith was standing there.
The Gigalith was MASSIVE, standing at around 7 feet and 6 inches.
“Heh heh..”
Neon then threw the great ball, and out came Alakazam.
Gigalith looked ready to fight, and Alakazam closed it’s eyes, prepared.

 

[aurivee_]

"Harmony, you're up! Aria, time to shine!"
The Togekiss floated over to the field, and a Luxury Ball opened at Talia's side. Out came an elegant Primarina, presenting gracefully.
Talia approached the computer, and inputted the battle information. If she won, she'd have a glory point to her name.
"Both of you, Helping Hand!"
White orbs appeared over each Pokemon's head, floating to the other and absorbing into their bodies. They now glowed with a white aura. They waited for Neon to command, both ready for battle.

 

[Captain Pokémon]

Neon considered his options.
Neon decided, then looked Gigalith in the eye.
“Gigalith, you’re up.”
Considering Gigalith has been with Neon ever since pretty much the start, they were able to communicate with each other without words by now.
Gigalith nodded, then stomped one foot on the ground and roared to the sky, causing a sandstorm, then stomped on the ground again, and many sharp stones emerged from the ground towards Harmony, and they were glowing, powered up thanks to sand force.(Stone Edge)
Meanwhile, Alakazam was preventing the sand from buffeting him by moving the sand particles away from him constantly with his psycokinetic abilities.(Magic Guard)
Alakazam then created two shadowy blobs in it’s hands, and threw them at Aria.(Shadow Ball)

 

[Merciless Medic]

Gar got smashed with the Payback, getting pushed backwards. He stopped himself from going to far though and he charged towards the Mudsdale. He had an idea. He moved quickly towards her, practically a blur and then went to hop on the Mudsdale's back. If he succeeded, he'll hold on to the Mudsdale's hair and ride her like a cowboy does in a rodeo, while also getting his fist ready to defend himself from the oncoming Talonflame. He sent forth a weak jolt of electricity towards his arm, letting it stay there while the main brunt of the ice formed at his fist as he got ready to either punch the Mudsdale or shoot the Thunder Wave at the bird like some video game character (Ice Punch and Thunder Wave).

Doom saw that the Mudsdale was heading towards him. He's just going to have to make it hard for her to see. He breathed out a swirling breath of fire, which then spiraled around him, with smoke billowing about, stinging the eyes of those that don't have a protective membrane over them and choking those that breathe it in (Fire Spin, Smog, and Smokescreen). He then used Double Team, making it seem like there were more of him within the made-up terrain he made.

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Seeing the winded condition, Glacier sent forth Hail, spitting out a sphere that burst into a cloud and covered the arena with buffeting hail, which went faster due to the Gravity that is in effect. Glacier then breathed out an intense gusts of ice and wind towards Dino (Blizzard).

Umbra was getting buffeted by this Hail, but she didn't mind too much. She noticed the Dusknoir was gone and looked back at Dino to attack, only to notice that Dusknoir had peeked out from his shadow to then duck right back in. She rushed towards the shadow, her tail glowing with metallic energy as she did a front flip and aimed down at the shadow to deal quite a bit of damage to the Dusknoir if he doesn't move out of the way (Iron Tail).