Preliminary: Adriel vs. Raize!

[Eros Wakefield]

ADRIEL

vs.

RAIZE!

Both competitors are to PM me with the order in which they will use their Pokemon (not a guarantee that you will advance, just precautionary).

Blue side posts first.

[Raize Phoenix]

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[cs=2][atrb=style, padding:4px; background-color:#ececec; width: 214; height: 260; text-transform: lowercase; float:left;][style=font-size:10px; text-align:justify; color: ececec; margin-left: 5px;] [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 15px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]wordcount IDFK [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 15px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Muse: Just enough[/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= width: 168px; HEIGHT: 30PX; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Outfit:Here [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 30px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Music: Winter Sleep, By Olivia lufkin [/style]

[cs=2][atrb=style, padding:5px; background-color:#ececec; width: 280; height: 250; overflow: auto; text-transform: lowercase; float:right;][style=font-size:10px; text-align:justify; color: 121212; margin: 5px;] Rai would walk up to the arena. His battle was soon to start. His opponent, Adriel, was a strong trainer indeed. Unlike most battles between friends, this battle wouldnt be the slightest bit awkward. Neither of the trainers were expected to hold back. They would both give their all. Both Adriel & Rai were both already pretty damn direct about challenging each other & battling, so this wouldnt be emotionally hard at all. "Good Luck Adriel!" Rai would cheer for them both, ready to get the battle started. He would wave at her, while she got ready. He was still friendly enough to shoot a cute smile. Though he originally wanted to use Alastair, he had made a last minute change. He didnt want to use his starss just yet so starting with a slightly weaker pokemon, like Faust was a great idea. Before releasing his pokemon for this round, he would make final inspections. He would pat his jacket a bit, making sure nothing got on it. He wanted it to be perfect for anything he was doing that day. His blond hair was perfectly straight, and his honey colored eyes would give him a constant expression of happiness, as usual. Since this wasnt exactly a contest, Rai wasnt going to go all out just to get down & dirty in battle! "Hope your ready Faust." Rai looked at the pokeball, as it became time to start battle. Rai stretched lightly, to get loose. All of his pokemon had already done so, now it was his turn. He wanted to be prepared, seeing as how Adriel was quite tactful. "Alright, I think its time to start now." Rai looked at the pokeball, and tossed it into the air. "Faust, lets pull off a win!" Rai shouted with great energy, releasing the dusclops from its ball. Faust would would float just above the ground, ready to begin. He remembered what he & Rai had been practicing & was ready to finally put it to good use. [/style]

^{made by REECE of OTE.}

[Adriel Sorano]

Adriel stood in her place, a slight smirk on her face. Of all the people she expected to face in the first round Raize was the last one. Not that she wasn't happy to face him...she just figured it would be later into the tournament. Her first instinct when she saw the Dusclops was to send out her Wartortle, since she had at least one super-effective attack against the Ghost-type. But, as per tournament rules, she had to use someone else. Not that she wasn't confident whether or not he could handle the opponent, of course.

"I didn't expect to be facing you so soon, Raize. But, either way, let's make it a good one, eh?" And grabbing a Poke Ball from her belt, she nodded "Alright, Break, let's do this!" She tossed the Poke Ball onto the field, sending out her Marrowak. Then, as the ball returned to her hand, she nodded "Ready to go when you are!" With this she nodded, then stood back, waiting for Raize to make the first move in what was guaranteed to be a great battle.

[Raize Phoenix]

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[cs=2][atrb=style, padding:4px; background-color:#ececec; width: 214; height: 260; text-transform: lowercase; float:left;][style=font-size:10px; text-align:justify; color: ececec; margin-left: 5px;] [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 15px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]wordcount IDFK [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 15px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Muse: Just enough[/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= width: 168px; HEIGHT: 30PX; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Outfit:Here [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 30px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Music: Winter Sleep, By Olivia lufkin [/style]

[cs=2][atrb=style, padding:5px; background-color:#ececec; width: 280; height: 250; overflow: auto; text-transform: lowercase; float:right;][style=font-size:10px; text-align:justify; color: 121212; margin: 5px;] The battle was already set up for a great dramatic defeat. Though only the first round, Rai found himself getting in a fierce mood. He smiled at Adriel. "Good luck." His eyes were shut, as he dramatically opened them & swung his jacket off. It would land off to the side of the arena, where Alastair would be cheering. "Lets get it started!" He said with energy. As he announced the truly official battle start up, his hair would blow in a gentle breeze. His black v-neck tee shirt would flutter slightly as well. His eyes seemed to darken a bit, as battle would initiate. "Faust." He said with a smile, putting on a thin cardigan. His jacket was getting a bit "heated". He just needed something to cover up his arms from the gentle breeze. "Clops." Faust would nod, knowing what Rai had meant by the call of his name. The ghost would straighten its poor posture, ready to get to work. "Use Shadow punch & will-o-wisp!" Rai demanded. The ghost's right fist would become outlined in a gray aura & fire forward a black shadowy fist, outlined in a gray aura, at the ground type. Mid-sized blue flames would then dance around it & launch forward at the marowak as well. Hopefully this would damage the opponent & cause burn. [/style]

^{made by REECE of OTE.}

[Adriel Sorano]

Adriel nodded as the battle began, frowning lightly at the orders the Dusclops were given. Knowing he couldn't evade the attack, the Marrowak simply braced himself, allowing the attack to strike. This, in turn, allowed him to use more of his energy to bat away the fireballs that were launched at him with his bone. Considering his role as a physical fighter, getting afflicted with a burn would be a very bad thing...especially this early in the battle

Adriel let out a soft sigh of relief, then decided to go on the offensive. "Alright, Break! Just as we practiced! Stone Rush!" The Marrowak nodded, knowing exactly what Adriel wanted to do. With a stomp the ground, a large number of stones burst from the ground, flying toward the Dusclops in a punishing barrage. By the time the attack ended, the Marrowak was already charging at the Dusclops and, once close enough, swinging his bone repeatedly. Adriel watched on, a smile on her face.

(translation: it's a combination of Stone Edge and Bone Rush)

[dice=4]
"Die roll +1 = number of times Bone Rush hits"

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[Raize Phoenix]

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[cs=2][atrb=style, padding:4px; background-color:#ececec; width: 214; height: 260; text-transform: lowercase; float:left;][style=font-size:10px; text-align:justify; color: ececec; margin-left: 5px;] [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 15px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]wordcount IDFK [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 15px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Muse: Just enough[/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= width: 168px; HEIGHT: 30PX; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Outfit:Here [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 30px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Music: Winter Sleep, By Olivia lufkin [/style]

[cs=2][atrb=style, padding:5px; background-color:#ececec; width: 280; height: 250; overflow: auto; text-transform: lowercase; float:right;][style=font-size:10px; text-align:justify; color: 121212; margin: 5px;] Adriel had her pokemon swat the flames away. Though small, they would still burn if making contact, so it was smart of her to do so. Then again, being a great opponent of Rai's, he to an extent expected something like this. Now a stone edge was coming in quickly. And seeing as how it was combined with another move, it was safe to assume that another was following. "Faust, use shadow punch on the incoming stones!" Rai reacted fast, just like his pokemon. Its outlined, gray fists would fire straight at the incoming stones, smashing them all into dust, aside from the few that missed or landed on Faust, doing little to no damage. Seeing the marowak darting forward, Rai swore under his breath. "Damn it..." His smile became a smirk. A bone rush? Curse that darn stone edge! Now Rai would jump to throw an attack out after Faust would do his best to take the damage. "Faust, stand firm. Fire will-o-wisp!" Rai commanded. The ghost surrounded itself with mid sized flames & shot them forward at the ground type, only to be struck by the bone rushes & get knocked back quite a bit. The ghost would recuperate quickly, giving a small snicker. "Faust, use disable!" Rai called out. The ghost would attempt to use the move, disabling bone rush for a good few turns. [/style]

^{made by REECE of OTE.}

[Adriel Sorano]

Adriel's eyes narrowed a bit...she hadn't counted on the Dusklops being able to counter her Stone Edge or be able react so quickly with Will-O-Wisp. And now Bone Rush was disabled...which was annoying, but easy to deal with. Her biggest concern was the burn...on top of continuously taking damage, her Marrowak's physical Power was essentially cut in half. And considering he was, primarily, a physical fighter, this was bad. She would have to stay on the offensive if she were to have any hope of winning.

"Alright, Break! This time, let's use Rock-Bone Pincer!" This was yet another combo obviously, this time of Bonemerang and Stone Edge. Even with the cut Attack, both of them were pretty powerful attack, thus Adriel figured they should (hopefully) do some pretty decent damage. First, the Marrowak threw its bone at the Dusclops. Hit or miss, the bone would keep going, then eventually return and, if all went well, strike a second time. Just as the bone turned around, the Marrowak launched yet another attack, just as it did the last turn, resulting in a pincer attack with the bone and the barrage of stones. Adriel watched on, wondering how well it would work since this was the first time she was using it in an actual battle.

[Raize Phoenix]

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[cs=2][atrb=style, padding:4px; background-color:#ececec; width: 214; height: 260; text-transform: lowercase; float:left;][style=font-size:10px; text-align:justify; color: ececec; margin-left: 5px;] [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 15px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]wordcount IDFK [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 15px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Muse: Just enough[/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= width: 168px; HEIGHT: 30PX; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Outfit:Here [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 30px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Music: Winter Sleep, By Olivia lufkin [/style]

[cs=2][atrb=style, padding:5px; background-color:#ececec; width: 280; height: 250; overflow: auto; text-transform: lowercase; float:right;][style=font-size:10px; text-align:justify; color: 121212; margin: 5px;] Another on point combination! Even the command was a combination. Adriel had obviously done some training, but so had Rai.His dusclops had been undergoing the same level of training as the fully evolved members of the team. To be in shape for coordinating, you must also be ready and prepared for battle! With that method, Rai would have many coordination exercises & battle routines to go through with his team everyday. Faust's training would now have to pay itself off. The attacks were coming in at full force, though Faust would have to retaliate wwith full force as well just to keep up. "Faust, us shadow punch to deflect the bonemerang!" Rai commanded. Faust would launch the powerful ghostly fists at the bone to deflect it and knock it back towards the ground type. Now the incoming stone edge was going to be a pain in the ass for the duo. With these stones coming in, Rai couldnt let Faust take too much from this again or the damage would stack up. "Faust, shadow punch through the stone edge!" He called out. The ghost would fire ghostly fists once more through the stone edge to clear a path that would make it easy to avoid all if no damage. "Ice punch on marowak!" Rai got impatient. Faust would quickly charge at the opponent, gathering frost around its fist. It would swing the fist at the ground type, attempting to deal good damage. [/style]

^{made by REECE of OTE.}

[Adriel Sorano]

Adriel watched in disbelief as the Ghost-type perfectly countered her attacks. The Marrowak caught his bone, and made and tensed himself up in preparation for the incoming attack, knowing all too well that he wasn't fast enough to avoid it. The freezing punch struck, dealing massive damage...the only thing that saved him was his naturally high defense, and, through sheer determination, he managed to not let himself get thrown by the attack. Adriel nodded...this was perfect.

Very weak, but still standing, Adriel shouted out her command. It was all or nothing at this point. "Alright! While it's still near you, strike with a double Stone Edge!" The Marrowak nodded, launching yet another barrage of stones at the Dusclops, then following with a second. At such a close range, Adriel knew that the Dusclops would have a hard time countering it, and this would, hopefully, give her Marrowak a brief moment to rest...it wouldn't be much, but, at this point, every little bit counts...especially with that burn slowly sapping away what little strength he had left.

[Raize Phoenix]

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[cs=2][atrb=style, padding:4px; background-color:#ececec; width: 214; height: 260; text-transform: lowercase; float:left;][style=font-size:10px; text-align:justify; color: ececec; margin-left: 5px;] [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 15px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]wordcount IDFK [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 15px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Muse: Just enough[/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= width: 168px; HEIGHT: 30PX; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Outfit:Here [/style][atrb=style, background: #121212; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; ][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][style= height: 30px; width: 168px; background-color: #ececec; color: #121212; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px; text-align: justify; padding: 5px; margin-left: 18px; border-bottom: #121212 dashed 1px; border-top: #121212 dashed 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; text-align: justify; text-transform: lowercase;]Music: Winter Sleep, By Olivia lufkin [/style]

[cs=2][atrb=style, padding:5px; background-color:#ececec; width: 280; height: 250; overflow: auto; text-transform: lowercase; float:right;][style=font-size:10px; text-align:justify; color: 121212; margin: 5px;] With the attack landing & dusclops being in proper positioning, Rai was more than pleased to see how well Faust's trainging had payed off. Her combinations were amazing. She was a sparring partner of great talent, a true student of PA indeed. While Rai remained focused, Alastair was pretty relaxed on the sidelines as well. "Ambi!" He jumped from his seat and headed to a stand, while Rai gave his commands. Somehow managing to get a frap, the monkey would rush up to the stadium. "Ambi!" It cried out to Rai, hading a medium Carmel frappuccino, whit whip cream on top. "Thanks." Rai noted, with a pleasing smile. He took a sip while Alastair rushed back to proper positioning. He didnt want Rai to get disqualified over some silly little frap anyway. It was just to help him relax a bit more. "Thanks Alastair." Rai sipped some more to refuel muse. As the situation began to unfold, Rai saw that Adriel called more stone edges at his Faust! It was time to get the thinking cap into overdrive, or at least turn it on. "Faust, remember what we practiced!" Rai called out to him. The dusclops would remember the training from just a day or so ago. He had to dodge, evade, block, and counter multiple attacks. One of them being Alastair's thunder attack & Dante's flamethrower. With remembering those, he remembered the only thing to do was block. Putting his arms forward, he would cross them to block most of the damage, but it would still push him back even further. Finally Faust was on even terms with the opponent, this was coming way to close for him. "Good job!" Rai called, sipping a bit more frap. "Now, quickly fire two shadow punches before its past too late!" Faust would put his fists out & launch yet again, two more shadow punches. With his heavy panting, Faust wasx hopefully going to make the hit. [/style]

^{made by REECE of OTE.}

[Adriel Sorano]

The Marrow was finished. Even if he did have the speed to avoid the attacks, it wouldn't have mattered since Shadow Punch was a guaranteed hit...and one was already more than enough to finish him off. Adriel let out a heavy sigh as her Marrowak fell. Obviously, she was disappointed. Anyone would be. And yet she was as graceful a loser as she always was "Figures. Of all Pokemon, you use a Ghost-type." She paused, then grinned widely "You better make it to the finals, Raize! Otherwise I'm kicking your ass when this tournament is over!" And with that, she returned her fallen Marrowak and went to find a place in the crowd to sit and watch the rest of the tournament unfold.