Arc (Sen) VS Alaric

[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Sen stood on his side of the field, his eyes shifting up the board that claimed whom was battling whom. He had almost missed his turn, forgetting what name he had used while he searched for Sen. Luckily he had skimmed across the name Arc and it put a bullet in his mind as he remembered. Arc Vs Alaric. Sen remembered the guy from before and knew one weakness the man had. Heh, it wasn’t like Sen would feel guilty for using this against the man. It could also backfire on him and cause the man to think more clearly when battling. Sen was hoping it would cause the opposite however. Well, here it goes… “Aly-poo~ You look incredibly sexy today. New clothes?“ Sen called out to the man, half cupping his face, “Join me for some drinks after?“ oh yes, he knew Alaric was homophobic and yes, he was daring it. When the time came, Sen pulled out his first pokeball releasing Spit. He was familiar with the pokemon and so he believed it to be a good choice. But he wasn’t going to attack yet. He had a feeling he knew exactly what pokemon Alaric would pick. Though he had been proven wrong before. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

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[ Alaric ]

Disturbed was an understatement. In fact, saying he'd rather be hung from the top of Yukishiro Castle by his toes for a full day and then pelted with ice balls, or, say, drowning was probably an understatement. And that particular nickname may have given him the urge to punch this bastard in the face. Seriously, of all the opponents in the entire festival-- Whyyyyy? But he couldn't just run. Make no mistake, he'd have liked to. Fuck the tournament; he didn't expect to win anyway. But no, aside from dealing with how annoyed Honey would be after he talked her into this whole thing in the first place, there were people watching. And for all that Alaric's face was pretty well on par with Sen's hair in both embarrassment and mild anger, the only thing worse than being hit on by a guy was all those horrid stares people gave him like he was some kind of intolerant bastard for wanting no part of it. Not that he particularly liked the fact that it went on anyway, but at least if he wasn't involved he could ignore it..

Worse than just the people passing through, though, he was almost positive he'd seen Bianca in the crowd earlier, even though she'd been gone by the time he got there. He most definitely didn't want to be explaining to her that he walked away from something like this just because he was a raging homophobe. ... Maybe... maybe he could ignore this too? Yes, that's right. Like his mother used to tell him about bullies in school! Granted, it took months or more to work on any of them, but maybe he'd get lucky and-- fuck, Arc was it?-- yeah maybe he'd have a shorter attention span. Face still blazing red and expression still wildly unamused, he did his best if a poor job of acting unphased and just released his Pelipper. "Water Pulse," he muttered, voice totally not shaky at all, that must have just been everyone's imaginations. Tide blinked at his opponent a bit as he was released, but then just straightened up a bit, let out a little affirmative squeak of a squawk, and prepared to loose the attack as ordered.

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[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Sen couldn’t help but giggle at Alaric’s reaction to being hit on. Oh, there was no way Sen was going to let this be a quiet battle. Hell, no, he was going to have this man red as a newborns little round bottom. Well, there was no need to distract himself from the battle as well. He wasn’t the best of battlers but he wanted to try it out anyway. Just as Sen had expected, Alaric sent out the water type. With a grin, Sen did the very thing he had been planning from the moment he called his Houndoom out. “Spit, use Roar.” Sen commanded before looking back up at blond. “You know, I was thinking about you the other day.” He called out, a lie, but who could tell for sure? “Was remembering that day we first met. You remember right? It was the first time I got to watch that sexy ass stomp away. It was so adorable.” While Sen spoke, Spit had followed through with his command, opening his mouth to let out a loud Roar attack, hopefully forcing the other pokemon back into it’s pokeball. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[Jay]

No sooner had the Pelipper tried to release the water attack, the Roar had hit the air. Only a small bit of water even reached the air out of the Pelipper's mouth before he was forced back into his pokeball. Instead, Honey was released. The large lioness's Intimidate ability went into play and lowered the fire dog's attack in turn.

Tide the Pelipper, Male, Keen Eye, no item, Hidden Power: Ground: HP: 972 ATK: 105 DEF: 269 SPA: 239 SPD: 206 SPE: 135 Honey the Luxray, Female, Intimidate, no item, Hidden Power: Water: HP: 1092 ATK: 339 DEF: 163 SPA: 289 SPD: 163 SPE: 146

Spit the Houndoom, Male, Flash Fire, no item: HP: 1062 ATK: 186 125 [Stage: -1] DEF: 105 SPA: 319 SPD: 259 SPE: 195

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric's face absolutely was not scarlet and his hands certainly weren't the least bit shaking. Neither was he so tense he could barely move aside from said shaking, and most importantly he wasn't in complete denial about just how badly this guy was getting under his skin so very easily. Just don't even look at him, he told himself, managing after a moment to turn his head a bit stiffly to one side and down a little, watching the battle out of the corner of his eye. Not that he was just extremely aware of what was going on. He saw the Pelipper's forced retreat and his dearest protector take his place, but rather than the amused smirk that would have probably come in most any other such circumstance, he was only half-registering it in one side section of his mind.

Well.. Honey would be fine against the dog right? God he needed to concentrate. Thoughts off the homo, thoughts on the lion. Off.... OFF.. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity but was really only a few seconds, he managed to convince himself with the thought that if the jerkass made a move Honey would protect him. All right.. Battle time now, never mind the trainer. "Light Screen and Rain Dance." What no his brain wasn't still in an oddly defensive mindset and Honey certainly didn't give him an odd glance at the somewhat unusual for him choice. Either way, she was happy to comply, almost wondering if she should try making him so uncomfortable more often.

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[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Sen grinned when his plan actually worked. He was rather proud of himself to say the least. Not to mention Alaric was looking more and more upset despite the fact that he was trying to hide his obvious discomfort. “You are so incredibly cute!” Sen squeaked, not even having to try to hit on the man now. He honestly did think the blond haired man was being incredibly cute. He had to pay attention to the battle… he really needed too, but he just couldn’t take his eyes off Alaric. He hadn’t even realized that Alaric’s commands were odd. Though the words coming from the man did remind Sen that he was suppose to give some of his own. Rain… that was the main thing that stood out in Sen’s mind. Rain was bad for Spit. That he knew. “Ahhh spit use Inferno and then wait for the rain before using Sunny Day.” Spit was a usual hot hard, and end fast type of pokemon as his actual defence was never very high. Sen had learned this after being with the pokemon for so long. The sunny day was not a power attack but Sen was hoping it would clear up the rain. “We wouldn’t have to go to a very big place! Just… coffee or something? What do you say?” [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[Jay]

Probably due to the low accuracy of Inferno, even though it was moved first, the attack missed. Honey had no problems ushering out a Light Screen, and after that, the rain began to fall downwards. However, Spit had waited for this moment before issuing out a Sunny Day and flooding the area with sun.

[th]RAIN TURN: 1 SUN TURN: 1
Honey the Luxray, Female, Intimidate, no item, Hidden Power: Water:, [Light Screen Turn: 1] HP: 1092 ATK: 339 DEF: 163 SPA: 289 SPD: 163 SPE: 146	Spit the Houndoom, Male, Flash Fire, no item: HP: 1062 ATK: 186 125 [Stage: -1] DEF: 105 SPA: 319 SPD: 259 SPE: 195

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric stood frozen for several moments before giving a sudden violent shudder. Agh, dammit; he'd been trying really hard to hold that back. Well what the fuck ever. BATTLE. Yes the battle. Eh damn Sunny Day. "Rain Dance again," he nigh-spat stubbornly. Two could play at that game.

Honey had other thoughts, however. For all she loved the boy, he wasn't in his right mind at all right now, and she was not nearly about to play such a petty game with the pathetic pup. Instead, then, she moved in with a rather Captivating smirk before suddenly shifting to a horrifyingly Scary Face. Alaric just sweatdropped as she began moving, assuming she knew what she was doing. "Or that works."

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[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Sen chuckled again seeing the other man shudder. Oh it was priceless, it really was. Sometimes hitting on the obvious straight man was just horribly entertaining. “Is that a yes or a no?” He called out with a huge smile. During that time of distraction from Sen, Spit rolled his eyes. Instead of waiting for Sen to remember that they were in a battle, he gave a slight growl before using a Fire Blast move. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[Jay]

The Fire Blast was launched first doing quite a bit of damage. However, the Captivate and the Scary Face lowered the Houndoom's stats quite a bit directly after.

[th]SUN TURN: 2
Honey the Luxray, Female, Intimidate, no item, Hidden Power: Water:, [Light Screen Turn: 2] HP: 1092-212= 880 ATK: 339 DEF: 163 SPA: 289 SPD: 163 SPE: 146	Spit the Houndoom, Male, Flash Fire, no item: HP: 1062 ATK: 186 125 [Stage: -1] DEF: 105 SPA: 319 160 [Stage -2] SPD: 259 SPE: 195 98

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric breathed a small sigh of relief when he saw how much the Houndoom's movement seemed to slow, and while it nowhere near made it easier to ignore the flailing flaming fag, it did help him calm down just a little bit. For all the 'ignore it and it'll go away' strategy he was attempting, he certainly didn't want to give the impression that a lack of no was a yes. He tended to use that a bit himself, after all. "Not if we were the last sentient beings in existence," he muttered dryly, then returning his attention to his dear Luxray. "Thunder Fang, Hon." He considered another Rain Dance, but the Houndoom would just disperse it. Honey seemed to be of the same mind, and just rushed in with her super-charged bite.

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[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Sen chuckled at Alaric’s reply, “Playing hard to get, hum?” He asked, this time laughing a bit. Houndoom on the other hand had stopped paying attention to his trainer and began to battle on his own. He had chosen to start off by using a Double Team, creating many copies of himself before releasing a powerful Solar Beam. Lucky for him the sunny day was still in effect so he had no need to charge the attack. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[Jay]

Because of the reduction in speed of Spit, Honey was able to attack first. The electrical cat's teeth sunk down into the Houndoom dealing quite a bit of damage. A second after that, Spit formed his clones increasing his evasiveness before then issuing out a SolarBeam attack. The beam hit Honey's Light Screen and then went through to the Luxray causing only a small amount of damage.

[th]SUN TURN: 3
Honey the Luxray, Female, Intimidate, no item, Hidden Power: Water:, [Light Screen Turn: 3] HP: 880 -45= 835 ATK: 339 DEF: 163 SPA: 289 SPD: 163 SPE: 146	Spit the Houndoom, Male, Flash Fire, no item: [Eva: 25%] HP: 1062- 260 = 802 ATK: 186 125 [Stage: -1] DEF: 105 SPA: 319 160 [Stage -2] SPD: 259 SPE: 195 98

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[ Alaric ]

.... There weren't enough facepalms in the world. But his would have to suffice for now. Just think of battle just think of battle just think of battle just think of battle just-- "Howl and do that again," he finally managed to spit out. Honey faltered a second, though, glancing back at him with a questioning look that could have been 'in a minute?' or simply 'can I pick instead?' Either way, she seemed willing to comply, but skeptic, and after a blinking moment Alaric nodded his consent.

Honey had remained quite aware of the conversation among many other things, and actually managed to pick something useful up from it. Their opponent's apparent infatuation was completely distracting him from the battle. In fact, Alaric wasn't completely on top of things himself from what she could see. Why not try that, mm? She gave Spit another flirty look, then- this one deeper than before. Small hearts of pink light formed around her before heading to the Houndoom. She'd see how he did after an Attract. ...Assuming he wasn't of a similar persuasion as his trainer, of course.. <<;;

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[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] Having no way to avoid the love attack other then the chance of dodging the Houndoom decided to try jumping into the air before releasing a Fire Spin attack. Hopefully his evasion would help him out, but one never could rely too strongly on chance. Sen had resolved in just watching. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[Jay]

Sadly for all his attempts to either try and not stare at the Luxray as she used her Attract, Spit ended up finding himself stopping in mid motion for a brief moment caught between a overly thumping heart and his resolve to battle. She..but...she...but...she....but.... ffffffff.......... =///=;; Come on man, he could get over this! Shaking his head and grumbling to himself, he finally smirked and reissued out his Fire Spin attack. The flames hit the Light Screen before surrounding Honey. The damage was rather light, yet the Luxray was encased in fire.

[th]SUN TURN: 4
Honey the Luxray, Female, Intimidate, no item, Hidden Power: Water:, [Light Screen Turn: 4] [Flaming Circle: 1/5] HP: 835- 23 = 789 ATK: 339 DEF: 163 SPA: 289 SPD: 163 SPE: 146	Spit the Houndoom, Male, Flash Fire, no item: [Eva: 25%] [Infatuated] HP: 802 ATK: 186 125 [Stage: -1] DEF: 105 SPA: 319 160 [Stage -2] SPD: 259 SPE: 195 98

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[ Alaric ]

"Fuck," Alaric hissed, instinctively reaching for Honey's ball before remembering the fire would block the beam. Dammit. He did not like seeing her trapped in something like that. "Howl and Wild Charge," he grudgingly ordered. He knew it would hurt, but better- at least in his mind- to stack bursts of intense pain that let her suffer longer.. right? Honey didn't question it.

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[Lady Leaf]

[scrolly:h(230),w(390),sy,as(padding:4px;margin-top:10px;margin-left:10px;)] “Try using Nasty Plot!” Sen called out to the Houndoom. He wasn’t quite sure what it did, but he knew it had something to do with his special attack and what not. Hopefully it would help later on. Spit obeyed but afterwards he added in his own move. He knew the other pokemon was attack it’s attack so why not use that against her? After attempting to use Nasty Plot, the Houndoom moved to use Foul Play. Sen really had no idea what his pokemon was doing but hey, he wasn’t going to complain. [/scrolly] [bg=4f2a66]

[Jay]

The Luxray complied effectively raising her attack before charging forwards with the Wild Charge doing some massive damage yet receiving recoil damage as well. Meanwhile, though he managed to successfully raise his Special Attack with the Nasty Plot therefore getting it back to his former power, the Houndoom was unable to finish his Foul Play. Instead, he made a running leap at the Luxray only to suddenly skid to a halt right in front of Honey and stand there immobilized by his infatuation. Oh she was really pretty when he was this close 8U. Directly after that, Honey took damage from her flaming circle encasement.

[th]SUN TURN: 5
Honey the Luxray, Female, Intimidate, no item, Hidden Power: Water:, [Light Screen Turn: 5] [Flaming Circle: 2/5] HP: 789-136= 653 - 41 = 612 ATK: 339 509 DEF: 163 SPA: 289 SPD: 163 SPE: 146	Spit the Houndoom, Male, Flash Fire, no item: [Eva: 25%] [Infatuated] HP: 802-542= 260 ATK: 186 125 [Stage: -1] DEF: 105 SPA: 319 SPD: 259 SPE: 195 98

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[ Alaric ]

Alaric grimaced despite the favorable outcome. "Wild Charge again," he muttered. Then hopefully.... But- ._. Oh fuck he knew what else was up Arc's sleeve... Alaric's blood began to race and his heart skipped a small beat in fear at the sudden realization, but he forced himself to take deep breaths and try not to show his panic.

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