Colossal Trapinch Attack (Medium)

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Music: Molduga's Theme

"Altair , where is it?" Shalin asked, expecting to be able to see the Trapinch from where she was standing. Had she forgotten the way that the patient Pokémon got its meals: by waiting for unsuspecting prey to walk above it?

As she and her Pokémon wandered the sands, all three began to feel themselves sinking into now-swirling sands, their colossal quarry emerging from a DIGGING attack. She and her Pokémon fell victim to the quicksand surrounding the antlion Pokémon. As much as they resisted, Shalin and Saria could not overcome the quicksand's suction. Ellie had a secret weapon to overcome it: her ROLLOUT attack. Baiting the Trapinch by curling up into a ball, the ground-type opened its wide jaws and clamped onto the whirling ground-type. "LEECH SEED, Saria!" the green-ette ordered, the Bulbasaur shooting a volley of sprouts from its back. They ingrained themselves within the grass-type.

"Altair, hurry up! If we don't take this thing down fast, we're gonna get swallowed!" she urged, feeling that raw time was more of an obstacle and threat than pure damage.

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Saria the Bulbasaur - Sweeper - 144/250 HP

Link to Roll
Action: Leech Seed
Battle Log:
- Took 66 DMG from Dig
- Took 40 DMG from Strain/Energy Drain
- 47 damage (base)
- +80 (20x4) damage (weakness)
- +40 (10x4) damage (rarity)
- TOTAL DAMAGE: 167

Ellie the Phanpy - Tank - 424/500 HP

Link to Roll
Action: Rollout
Battle Log:
- Took 66 DMG from Dig
- Took 10 DMG from Strain/Energy Drain
- 129 damage (base)
- TOTAL DAMAGE: 129

Colossal Trapinch Attack (Medium)

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By the time Shalin and the Sky Trainer had found one another in the sandy arena, it was already too late. She was circling the quicksand, unable to escape its suction. If they didn't hurry, she would be devoured by the Trapinch and white out. Opening its jaws wide, the immobile hunter opened its jaws wide and attempted to CRUNCH them all within its serrated jaws.

Saria was close enough to the center that the Bulbasaur was trapped within their giant foe's jaws. "Saria, no!" the glitch hunter reached for her Pokémon, Ellie's ROLLOUT continuing to build in speed. At her trainer's cry of despair, she turned toward the Trapinch and slammed into it. The high-speed collision, combined with the whirling VINE WHIPS tearing the ground-type apart from the inside, caused their foe to regurgitate the Bulbasaur.

All of a sudden, the entire arena turned red, a prominent pop-up obscuring Shalin's vision:

Warning> Cheating detected: Illegal AI manipulation. Removing all offending Pokémon from the arena.

Both of Shalin's Pokémon vanished into plumes of white particles as though they had fainted. "Wait, what?!" The glitch hunter gasped as she saw both of her active Pokémon set to zero HP. "How is manipulating the boss's AI cheating?!"

Colossal AoE (Medium)

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Even Altair seemed to be frustrated, despite not being accused of cheating. They didn't have time to discuss it, not with the Trapinch opening its mouth even wider the moment Shalin sent out her final Pokémon. "Quick, Flit, before it swallows you! SUPERSONIC!" the glitch hunter ordered, remembering that her Normal-type attacks got a power boost, too.

There was no escaping the Trapinch's massive jaws, that much was certain. It opened them up to the size of the quicksand pit, snatching the Yanma out of the air. She wasn't giving up on the fight; if anything, being trapped inside the ground-type was a blessing. It would allow the insect's vibrations to reflect off the boss's innards, tearing it up from the inside out.

To be fair, any attack would have, given their foe's single-digit hit point total. The girl just had a flair for the dramatic.

"We might need to go on global and ask about this," Shalin huffed as the quicksand pit disappeared, the two now standing stop relatively flat desert. "Colossal Battle ID 2758. Triggered anti-cheating/tampering mechanism when the boss Trapinch used a Ground-type move while Altair 's Gyarados was present. Please review logs. Send."

They had at least defeated the foe cleanly, but if that were to happen on a more difficult Colossal Battle, such as when Shalin went after a rare Pokémon, it could be far more deadly. "I've had enough of this place for now. Let's head back to Briarbane and just relax, what say you?"

Shalin had fallen asleep at the wheel, not realizing she had regained control after the long cinematic of the Trapinch's defeat. "I am," she replied as the prompt came up for her to claim the spoils of victory. "A cutscene skip option sure would be nice, though."

CONGRATULATIONS!

Information> You may claim 10 ARENA POINTS or add the TRAPINCH to your party.
Decision>    Arena Points   ► Trapinch
Information> Please name your captured TRAPINCH.

Knowing what the antlion would evolve into, Shalin had a cute name in mind for the dragon-to-be.

Decision> Is Sandy okay?   ► Yes   No

As for the glitch that happened, even she was unsure. "I already submitted a ticket for devs to look into it. I'm not too worried; at least it didn't affect the outcome of the match."