MECHANICAL BATTLE <FINN> vs <FAIRYTALE>

Fairytale looked momentarily surprised to receive the message on his screen. Then, they grinned faux-cheerily, a hint of viciousness behind the expression. As of yet, they had not experienced any true battles here. Sure, fighting against wild pokemon was all well and good, but they missed the battles that pokemon was truly known for, that of competitive battling.

And, well. They didn't like having a favor, even a small one, hanging over their head. They pressed accept and appeared in the arena, green eyes glinting. "Will this be my small favor owed? It seems fair that the one that taught me to catch pokemon be repaid by fighting the pokemon I've since caught," They grinned sharply.

"Let's dance, shall we~?" They playfully inquire, and then sent out Aries, a common Whimiscott equipped to the Sweeper Class. Better to start with the opponent underestimating their team than not.

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WHIMSICOTT (200/200)

BULBASAUR (300/300)

SAWSBUCK (200/200)

“The odds appear to be in your favor,” Fairytale comments with a wry grin as their Whimiscott Sweeper goes down hard. ”Recoil, hm~? I haven’t had a chance to purchase that yet,” They admit, not particularly ashamed by this admittance. It was a statement of fact, is all. They were still a relatively new player. What was there to feel shame about?

Bacchus is next up. ”You know what to do, Bacchus,” They state. If the Sawsbuck could’ve smirked it would have. Then the Sawsbuck is viciously hammering at the Croconaw using Horn Leech. Unfortunately, the barrage was just barely not enough.

Fairytale laughed instead of grimacing as others might’ve. ”Looks like I’ll be no longer owing that favor after all, hm? Then again~! There’s still time.”

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WHIMISICOTT (0/200) Fainted
Damaged by Croconaw for 264 HP

SAWSBUCK (170/200) Active
Damaged by Fast Attack x3 for 30 HP

BULBASAUR (300/300)

With a pained, angry cry Bacchus went down hard. Next up was final of their own three, while the opponent still had two pokemon remaining including the one on the field. It was a familiar pokemon to Finn: Padma, the Bulbasaur that was Fairytale’s starter.

“Sweepers aren’t all I have~!” They cheerfully announced. Still, Recoil was definitely something to look into, they decided.

The Bulbasaur charged the Golisopod, throwing Seed Bombs at her foe. It was much weaker than it could’ve been. It wasn’t super effective, either. Even with the other’s recoil, it wouldn’t be enough to take the other down.

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WHIMSICOTT (0/200) Fainted


SAWSBUCK (0/200) Fainted


BULBASAUR (290/300) Active
-10 damage from Charge Attack
+32 damage to Golisopod

"Try to Charge Attack with Vine Whip this time, Padma," Fairytale commanded.

Yet, somehow Padma managed an even worse Charge Attack using Vine Whip, disoriented from the water attacks as she was. In fact, Fairytale was fairly certain that if their starter had used a standard attack, she would've dealt an equal amount of damage. Padma looked cheery as ever despite her damaged state and weak attack.

Fairytale laughed, amused. With recoil if nothing else this should be enough to down the opponent pokemon, even still. Truly, it appeared Recoil was quite the double-edged sword. It was positively delightful.

Also, at least they could only go up from here, yes? Ultimately, there was no doubt they would be losing against the more experienced Trainer here in UNOVR, but at the very least that would clear their debt. 

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WHIMSICOTT Fainted



SAWSBUCK Fainted

BULBASAUR (194/300 HP) Active
Damaged by Golisopod for -96
Damaged by Charge Attack for -10