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“Are you, uh, a real villain?”

nero’s voice echoes from inside the stadium and the crowd yells out shouts of recognition.

“have you ever caught a good guy, like, uh, like a real superhero? have you ever tried a disguise?” pause. and then suddenly, he and the top three contestants run out onstage.

“all right!” he yells. “i can see…that i will have to teach you…how to be…VILLAINS!”

♬

and thus the clusterfuck begins.

“We are number one!”

nero and the winners prance about dressed as robbie rotten and his three henchmen in a near-perfect reenactment of we are number one, while diantha, the honorable mention, runs around dressed as sportacus and the bottom two contestants look on as the pink girl and that creepy little puppet companion that this mun doesn’t know the name of. the background changes as nero’s pokémon pull and shove the props on and off stage in full view of the audience; at one point, nero transforms into the old lady via his gallade’s psychic illusion.

“W E A R E N U M B E R O N E!”

nero lifts his hands triumphantly to the ceiling as the song finally draws to a close; the top three prance around him, like they’re members of some bizarre robbie rotten cult. finally, just when diantha-sportacus looks like all is lost, she mysteriously teleports backstage thanks to gallade. the bottom two scorers have also long since disappeared backstage--all so that nero could have a clever, stage-related excuse to not include diantha in the final proceedings. it was bad enough shamus was up here. he didn’t want to include yet one other person that he thought should not have won. we are number one…empoleon throws a styrofoam podium onto the field. we are number one…the contestants circle around the podium, with nero out front ready to will smith pose as soon as they’re all where they’re supposed to be. we are number one…the contestants get behind the podium with its first, second and third places, ready to jump--

HEY HEY! they shout, and their places are decided--

#wgac2020 #wgac2020updates #wgac2020ending

@annoying-blood-orange.

“you know, i suppose you weren’t as much of a disappointment as reggie,” he huffs. “but that doesn’t mean you did good. i didn’t like that your pokémon didn’t listen to you, but what i really hated was the stupid look on your face every time that talonflame disobeyed commands. you weren’t even upset, like a normal person. you just stood there and let it happen and you couldn’t do anything to fix it until it fainted. you might have at least fought this battle to a badass draw if you’d had the sense to use flare blitz twice on my steelix, but no, you wasted a recoil move on the low-hanging fruit and then roosted which put you in range of my earthquake. well i mean, if it was the bird doing that instead maybe your talonflame is stupid, but hm…let’s just say both. both is good. for presentation, you get 30 points.”

“and now for damage. you got knocked out in the second round, which, holy fuck, way to make the last battle of the contest a total disappointment for both me and the crowd. at least with shamus’ battle, people liked it even though i didn’t, and he managed to last all the way until the end. really, i don’t think you deserve anything more than another 30, and even then, i’m being generous. which means you have a total of…”

points to the board.

TOTAL: 60

#annoyingbloodorange #wgac2020 #wgac2020judging2

@musesbygeoff @diamangelique i just realized, nero said in shamus’ judging that diantha was more damaged, but then said in diantha’s judging that shamus was more damaged. shamus was indeed more damaged due to taking more supereffective hits, so “you didn’t take as much damage as the other one did over there” has just been changed to “you didn’t technically faint like the other one did over there.” :P

#musesbygeoff #diamangelique

@a-hell-of-a-lot-of-muses

oh, he’s been roused by this match all right--but by a very different feeling than the previous two. once again he rushes to the judge’s box--once again to deliver a scathing roast.

“yo, what the fuck was that, man?” he cries. “sunny day when there was a fire-type on the field? looks like all that cutesey-wutesey prancing around onstage didn’t do a damn thing to teach you about type matchups, because ho-ly shit. you didn’t even make it super boss-looking, like the way my togekiss did morning sun in the opening match--it was just a bunch of dumb idol sparkles that didn’t do anything but get your pokémon basically killed, and hell, it wasn’t even that. i’ve never seen anything more pathetic, and i’m a coordinator, so that’s saying something. for the presentation part of your score, you get ZERO. POINTS.”

“now, for the damage part of your score……well. technically you don’t look as dirty as the others since you got knocked out real fast, but if you think i’ll give you more points for that, think the fuck again. as you should have been able to gather with your fancy artist brain, the people who look the least fucked up get a higher score because fuck it, that’s a perfectly valid way of judging who looks the most beautiful in a contest. but. even though you technically look prettier than some people--cough, SHAMUS, cough cough cough--there’s no way i’m going to reward your piss-poor performance…but hey, i’m feeling kinda generous today, so, for damage, i’m going to give you 25 points. hope you weren’t thinking your memes would carry you through the second round as well as the first, because you can kiss any chance of winning goodbye.”

TOTAL: 25

#ahellofalotofmuses #wgac2020 #wgac2020judging2

@invictarre and @dragonskxn

his pulse is still pounding, his whole body still alight with the thrill--fuck the rule he made where he’d only give scores after all the battles were over. he’s gonna spit them out like bars. once again, as with shamus, he rushes over to the judge’s box to deliver.

“god DAMN, that was FIRE!” he grins. “full disclosure, i paired you guys together because i wanted to see how the nicest, softest people here would do up against the baddest bitch on the block, and not gonna lie part of me was kinda hoping that i’d be able to just tear you two apart…but boy, did you deliver. i basically jizzed myself at that bit at the end where sirfetch’d got up on tauros’ back and started running at hydreigon. i fucked you up nice and good, but you weren’t going to let a little poison or a few bite marks stop you from being the biggest BAMFs you could be. annalise! your choice of tauros was absolutely perfect for this--it really does live up to the species’ reputation for being angry little shits. i have to say, it wasn’t the most impressive tauros i’ve ever seen, but it acted like it was, and that’s the key. for your performance, you get 85 points.

“as for you, leon, let me start with the bad news: you began as a total disappointment.” time to get this shit out of his system. “not nearly as bad as diantha, but i expected so much better from someone like you than to throw me an old man bird who’s clearly out of practice…and i expected a hell of a lot better than seeing you throw two not-very-effective moves at me like i was some sort of n00b trainer whose big dragon-type would faint at a poison sting. it’s a fighting type. you had the advantage with meteor assault, and your dumb ass didn’t use it until the end. what, did you think i couldn’t handle any worse? because that poor punk of yours started off way in over his head.” he snorts. “but. but. the ending with annalise saved you. you left a bad first impression--pardon the pun--but hey, first impressions change. i’m giving you a 69 in performance.

“about the damage…safe to say, i think the two of you got roughly the same amount of damage done to you, which means you’d get the same score. you both got poisoned, you both fainted, and you both took almost the same amount of moves from me--although leon, you did get somewhat more damaged with the elemental dragon pulse. well then. ya’ll got your asses fucked backwards with this shit, so if you were expecting a high score be ready for disappointment. yet i still can’t take everything away from you since you were holding up pretty good, so…hm, 60 points for leon and 65 points for annalise. somebody! do this math for me!”

ANNALISE’S TOTAL: 150 LEON’S TOTAL: 129

#invictarre #dragonskxn #wgac2020 #wgac2020judging2

@invictarre and @dragonskxn i have your scoring written up--i’m just going to wait until tomorrow to finally decide on the score bc i’m super tired right now and i don’t wanna give you a wrong one. hang tight!

#invictarre #dragonskxn #wgac2020

@diamangelique

(continued from here)

“shit, i don’t know what the hell were you thinking. i clearly said in the rules that the battle round would be an all-out brawlfest. and in case you were so busy being plastic that you forgot how to read, i also gave a demonstration before you started battling to show you all the sort of fight i’d expect. but you, you really came out here in second to last place with a mudkip and you thought you would win this thing? god damn, maybe you are as stupid as jessilina. for picking a weak-ass pokémon with weak-ass moves, for turning one of my most powerful attacks into a little girl’s sparklefest, and for getting knocked out on the third turn like the little bitch you are, you receive 35 points in presentation.

“as for damage, you sure did get scuffed quite a bit. but in all honesty, we didn’t do the number on you that you deserved for bringing that shrimpy wimp into the pit--you should thank us for letting you off easy. even a blind deino would have to admit you still don’t look nearly as fucked up as shame-us does, with all his scratches and the damage that he was literally too chicken to take, which unfortunately means you get a higher score than he does. but if you think that means i’m going to give you a large leg up, you’re wrong--i don’t give big points to pussies. 65.”

TOTAL: 100

#diamangelique #wgac2020 #wgac2020judging2

FUCK I ADDED TWO WORDS ON MOBILE ON NERO’S SCORING AND IT SCREWED UP THE FORMAT

#wgac2020 #musesbygeoff #|| i was looking forward to a nice shower and then THIS HAPPENED

@musesbygeoff

shock. blind shock.

he doesn’t know what he’s more fucking floored by: the fact shamus managed to get the jump on him, or the fact shamus made a complete fool of one of his most epic moves, or the fact that the crowd seems to be cheering this–their allegiance, as with the allegiance of all crowds, is easily changed. and so he stands there stunned, hair still puffed out in a big sooty cloud, eyes as big as dinner plates, mouth slightly open as if drooling in his sleep. that is, until a blast of water hits him from behind–his empoleon using a water gun to clean him up; a well-intentioned move, but certainly not a smart one. he whirls around and glares. now he’s as wet as a rag.

“thanks for nothing.”

he calls togekiss, all bruised from having slammed straight into the field at over a hundred miles an hour, back into her ball. he storms back over to the judge’s box as the stadium’s working rhyhorns lumber onto the pitch to start stamping down the field to even it out for the next battle. yeah, he’s not supposed to be giving reviews until after all the battles are done, but who the fuck cares? his anger isn’t about to let him wait.

“listen here you blue-balled son of a bitch,” he snarls, “i don’t know WHO the fuck told you it was okay to pull a stunt like that, because it sure as hell wasn’t me! did your pussy ass really think you’d get away with calling your pokémon back? i’m sure everyone here can see you only did that because you knew it would faint!” slams a fist into the table.

“you think you’re the one running this show? think again. you may have the people in here on your side, but mark my words, everyone watching on live television right now knows what a weak little limp-dick assjacket you really are. wimping out on a final move like that instead of fighting back? that’s, like, micropenis energy, man. but worse than that, it’s against the contest rules.” what rules? the ones he just made up, of course.

“that’s not even a rule, you dipshit!” someone calls.

“which is why as of this very moment,” he goes on, ignoring the heckler, “i am DISQUAL–”

he doesn’t even get to finish the word “disqualifying” when the booing starts.

“seriously, what the fuck?” he screams. “are you telling me you condone that shit?”

BOOOOOOOOOOOO. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

“well, what do you expect me to do? give him a perfect score in presentation even after he went and cheated?”

not a moment later, he regrets his words, as the crowd begins to chant, Per-fect score! Per-fect score! Per-fect score! Per-fect score!

“now look here, you–”

PER-FECT SCORE! PER-FECT SCORE! PER-FECT SCORE! PER-FECT SCORE!

“all right, all right! perfect score!” he throws his hands up and huffs. “sit your monkey asses down!”

a round of cheers goes up from the crowd, in spite of the insult nero tacked on to his acquiescence. he has to wait five whole minutes until the din dies down.

“as for the damage part of your score,” he grumbles, “you didn’t technically faint like the other one over there, but i’m going to score you as though your pokémon actually fainted in the end, because come the fuck on. for that, i’m going to put you at 50 points.” he turns to the crowd. “how the fuck d’you like that?”

the booing returns, but this time it’s not as strong. okay. he shrugs–he can live with it.

“all right, that’s the end of it. i don’t wanna hear any more bitching--my decision is FINAL. now, moving on to little miss star-studded jackass…”

TOTAL: 150

#musesbygeoff #wgac2020judging2 #wgac2020

invictarre‌:

A N N A L I S E / O P P O N E N T 2

As Annalise watched the Hydreigon slam down onto her Pokemon, she thought that, maybe, the battle was over for her. She sighs, glancing down at the ground…

Until she sees her Tauros stagger up once more, barely moving, but still up. Angus still had just a bit of fight left in him…and if he could attack just once more, maybe…just maybe, him and Leon’s Sirfetch’d could take out Nero’s Hydreigon, before the poison finally took its toll.

Annalise looks over at Leon.

“Leon! We should attack Hydreigon together! There’s no way it’ll survive another double hit!” She calls out.

Angus glances over at the Sirfetch’d, huffing and nodding his head.

“Angus, when we’re ready, go for another Iron Head! Full charge!”

The Hydreigon’s weight is impressive, and naturally there was no way Sirfetch’d would have been able to avoid getting crushed underneath it. The poison has thickened by now, the thick tar weighing down his feathers, and he’s kept standing by nothing but his own stubbornness.

It won’t survive another turn, but if they’e going to lose Leon wants to make sure they go out in a true blaze of glory. This beast has been a challenge, something even his most trusted veteran pokemon has been unable to topple, and he wants to give nothing but his best shot at victory. Nero’s impressed him, for even naturally powerful pokemon do not achieve this kind of raw brutality without a strong training regime behind them, and no matter what he personally thinks of the Hydreigon he has to admit that she is a sight to behold.

❝ Sounds like a plan! If you can get as close as possible, Sirfetch’d can hop up and go for the necks again. ❞

Anything is worth a try at this point.

Sirfetch’d climbs up onto Angus, resting just behind his horns with his trusty leek sword aimed and ready to strike. This final move was usually a two-parter, with the pokemon needing a turn to recharge and catch their breath, but the bird won’t last long enough to worry about next turn. All Leon needs him to do is focus all his strength into the here and now.

Behind the sticky ooze of the toxins, Sirfetch’d’s eyes shine with a steely determination. He knows, too, that he has maybe ninety seconds more before he will be out of the battle for good, and he vows to make this final strike count.

❝ Allez, use a full power Meteor Assault! We can’t win, but we still have a chance to make this a draw. ❞

❝ Don’t hesitate, not for even a second! ❞

a demonic grin spreads across nero’s face at the sight of the two charging toward him. the unity, the ferocity, the futility of their heroism--YES! YES! this is EVERYTHING he wants in a match! with a yell he throws one hand forth; the fallen angel spreads her wings one more time. she knows exactly what he wants. she charges, from the depths of her draconic soul, a final combination of dragon pulse, toxic and tri attack. noxious plasma seeps from her gaping jaws as the poison superheats in preparation for its targets; a storm of elements builds, the glow visible inside each of her terrible throats--

but it’s too late. the meteor assault and the iron head both hit. the dragon shrieks, sprays poison fire haphazardly from her writhing necks. she tilts to one side and swings back around, barely missing her opponents as they collapse from exhaustion to the dirt below. with one last cry, the cry of a mountain toppled by the feats of man, she falls and lays still. she’s fainted. the dragon is slain.

#thread 01. || invictarre; dragonskxn #invictarre #dragonskxn #wgac2020 #wgac2020battles #|| thread end

CONTEST SCHEDULE

i’ve been really depressed and unmotivated lately, so i’m gonna set some guidelines for myself to both pace myself and make sure i get the job done on time.

today, may 19: finish a reply to @dragonskxn and @invictarre. do judging for @musesbygeoff.

tomorrow, may 20: do judging for @diamangelique and either @dragonskxn or @invictarre.

may 21: do judging for @a-hell-of-a-lot-of-muses, and whichever one of dragonskxn and invictarre i did not do the judging for.

by may 23 - 24: finish thread with @annoying-blood-orange; complete judging for her on the same day.

may 24 or 25: tally all scores, write up the final post and announce the prize winners.

#wgac2020 #wgac2020updates

CHANGE IN SCORING

the long-awaited scoring change is now here! instead of having a set amount of points that each bit of damage digs into since i clearly do not know how to math, damage points will now be awarded subjectively. you will receive a presentation score out of 100 points and a damage score out of 100 points. nero will be judging primarily based on how “fucked up” each pokémon will look, to which i will account for the following things:

you will lose more points for being hit by more supereffective moves--i will tally them up and keep track numerically.

you will lose more points for being hit by more move combinations--i will also tally this up and keep track numerically.

you will lose more points if you had a status condition such as burn or poison.

you will lose more points if your pokémon fainted.

i originally did the damage system the way i did because i wanted the most objective possible way of scoring how much a pokémon got hurt. but the fact that several pokémon fainted threw a wrench in things, especially given that nero specifically chose moves and pokémon that would be most likely to get people to faint--which caused an imbalance based on how the different muses responded to it. in the end, what made me switch to a subjective system is that i couldn’t decide how to factor fainting into the score in a way that would be both fair and in-character. this was because no matter how i sliced it, the muse whose pokémon fainted almost immediately would still gain more points from the damage section than the muses who managed to last all four turns…in spite of the fact that that’s not the sort of contest i want to run, and the fact it would be extremely OOC for nero to award points that way in any capacity.

thanks for reading and hope everyone is having a good night!

@annoying-blood-orange @musesbygeoff @diamangelique @a-hell-of-a-lot-of-muses @dragonskxn @invictarre

#wgac2020 #wgac2020updates

annoying-blood-orange‌:

a-hell-of-a-lot-of-muses‌:

Reiji didn’t know what was worse: the fact that Brave Bird failed and was replaced with Flare Blitz, or the Dragon Dance plus stone combination. Either way Bella was in trouble, and he realized that Sunny Day really wasn’t the best first move.

Bella, meanwhile, was using her small, agile frame to do her best to dodge. She managed to avoid the stones through various flips and twirls in the air, but was unable to dodge the fire type attack. Flare Blitz hit her directly, and with it she was knocked out.

“Bella, return!” Reiji called his partner back, worry evident in his eyes and tone.

The red shards of rock collided with Talonflame'e unguarded chest, knocking her up further into the air. Talonflame appeared to be in quite some pain - the type advantages definitely weren’t in her favor.

Yet, she took back control of her momentum and shook the pain off. After all, if any no-name yahoo could defeat her in one hit, she wouldn’t be on an elite four member’s team, now would she?

“Talonflame! Are you okay, sweetie?” Aliana asked, admittedly more concerned about Malva’s potential rage than about Talonflame'e actual safety.

From her estimates, Talonflame was hit pretty hard, but could probably keep going for a bit longer.

“You should hit back hard! Flare Bli-”

Talonflame perched atop one of the stone edges and seemed to do nothing, actually. Not once did she as much as look at Aliana or pay her any mind.

“Fine! Do whatever, then!”

And that Talonflame did. She flapped her wings a bit, the light making her feathers shimmer a bit while she sat to Roost. She also seemed to puff up her chest a bit as she braced for a hit, knowing her move would counteract the effects of Rock type moves a bit.

In Talonflame’s mind, Aliana ceased to exist. She just concentrated on the fiery camaraderie she shared with her real trainer, Malva, thinking back to the tried and true strategies they smoked opponents with at the League.

I just hope she never loans me to this idiot again.

an unstoppable force: nero’s desire to absolutely body and humiliate his opponents and knock them out as soon as possible. an immovable object: nero’s desire to have a hard-fought fight so that he has the gratification of knowing that he came out on top after a long, hard-fought challenge. he grits his teeth as he watches the bellossom go down, his joy at scoring such an easy KO duking it out with his frustration at seeing a pokémon so weak.

he doesn’t need to be told twice what to do next, however. that talonflame should have gone for flare blitz, probably, so that it would actually gain a hit after what steelix would do next.

“throne of the mountain king.”

nero touches the mega stone pinned to his chest, and a glowing pink shell began to surround his pokémon. the ground quakes in earthquake, as though from the force of the transformation, iridescent stone edge spires surrounding talonflame in an attempt to trap it in place as a faultline surges through the pit--and then mega steelix bursts from its shell, soaring into the air with the draconic energy of a dragon dance as a great thronelike formation rises behind it. its metallic sheen and the crystals that circle its face shine even brighter in the light of sunny day--classic coordinator’s way of using the opponent’s moves to make itself look even better.

“You. End. Here.”

#ahellofalotofmuses #group thread 03. || ahellofalotofmuses; annoyingbloodorange #annoyingbloodorange

musesbygeoff

Battle 1 - Shamus (Incineroar) vs. Diantha (Mudkip) vs. Nero (Togekiss)

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musesbygeoff‌:

Shamus chuckled for a few more moments as Nero ranted on. Finally, he wasn’t the one who felt humiliated by a Pokemon attack, and goodness did the host look ever so stupid!

When Nero gave out Togekiss’s final attack, however, the mood swiftly changed. He gasped looking at the powerful combination created by the fairy type Pokemon. This would certainly be a lethal combination should it hit Incineroar. The crowd gave an audible awe, and the spectators all stood to their feet to watch the climax of this battle.

Will Togekiss be the last Pokemon standing? Is this it for Incineroar?

MORNING SUN! GRASS KNOT! DAZZLING GLEAM! All together! Speeding down towards on Incineroar like a falling missile. The attack, inches away from impact! Here it comes!!!!

… “Return.” Shamus said as he took Incineroar’s Pokeball from his pocket.

Incineroar was suddenly hit by a familiar red beam of light and was summoned away from the attack as the combo move harmlessly hit nothing but the bottom of the pit the Pokemon had been fighting in.

Shamus turned to see the more than ever pissed off judge.

“What?” He sneered with a smug look on his face. “This is the trolling contest! Aren’t I supposed to be a little shit? You mad bro? Well, good. I expect at least a million points for that move. Have that prize ready for me. Okay?”

Shamus gave Nero a taunting wave goodbye as he made his way backstage as battle 1 had now concluded. In his head, he is the winner to this one.

#musesbygeoff #group thread 02. || musesbygeoff; diamangelique #|| battle end!

musesbygeoff

Battle 1 - Shamus (Incineroar) vs. Diantha (Mudkip) vs. Nero (Togekiss)

whogivesacup

musesbygeoff‌:

diamangelique‌:

There’s a gasp from the Kalosian when the Flare Blitz hits- and she sees it’s burned her little Mudkip. Before she can order another attack he gets blinded by the Dazzling Gleam, and to top it all off he’s gotten stuck inside of the flytrap.

He won’t survive this. She knows he won’t, not with as little experience as he has. But it has been a good fight, she’ll reward him afterwards.

However, the two of them won’t go down without trying to pull the opponents with them.

“Mudkip! Whirlpool with Rock Slide!”

And just like that, the rocks in the pit start to move, floating up because of the Whirlpool taking over the arena- before the water disappears and the rocks come crashing down, aiming to hit the opponents- and the flytrap. As soon as it hits the flytrap and it opens its jaws in pain, Mudkip falls out, lands on his feet, stumbles-

And falls down into the mud, unconscious.

Nero denied his alliance. What a jerk! Both of his attempts at building an alliance had failed, even though that was one of the encouragements of the round! The fire trainer swore under his breath that the host will pay for this.

His Incineroar was now stuck underneath the fly trap. How would he get out of this on his final turn AND make a final offensive attack?

Oh great, Mudkip used TWO effective moves on Incineroar. They both connected too! Incineroar gets knocked down again into the mud and slides to the wall. Shamus looked down worriedly at his fire type, concerned that might’ve been it. He took a real pounding the last two rounds. Fortunately, Incineroar managed to stand up after all that, and the knockback from the whirlpool actually got Incineroar free from the flytrap! Even more good news for Shamus was that Diantha’s Mudkip was now out of the battle picture. This actually turned around completely into his favor! He couldn’t ask for a better position right now considering everything that’s went down so far.

Had it been a stronger Pokemon than Mudkip, this could’ve been it for both Pokemon. With Mudkip now out of the match, his focus would now shift to Nero’s Togekiss.

Nero wanted Darkest Lariat earlier? Well, he’s going to get it now.

“Incineroar, it’s just down to Togekiss now, so have all your focus on it! Darkest Lariat, go!” Shamus shouted.

Incineroar gave out a roar and then spread his arms out and began spinning, gaining speed and flailing mud around the pit as he collided with Togekiss, sending the fairy type flying!

The force was so great that Togekiss was knocked out of the pit and bounced off Nero’s face! Shamus needed every ounce of strength to keep his composure and not laugh though he did have a smirk on his face, showing he did enjoy what he just saw and approves of Incineroar. Quickly, he turned to Incineroar to compliment his Pokemon for hanging in there.

“Nice job Incineroar!”

“Roar-roar!” Incineroar roared back happily. He was excited with his homerun hit he flexed his muscles back. Doing so, though put a fire in his belt and as he pumped his body back, a blast of fire shot out from his belt and, just like Togekiss managed to fly out of the pit…and hit Nero!

“Who’s Sooty now?” Okay, now this was just too much not even Shamus could hold in his laughter. He was laughing so hard he was banging his fists against the floor. “Now you know how it feels! Hahahahahahahahahaha!”

S O N O F A B I T C H !

his joy at seeing diantha knocked out is short-lived. as if getting hit in the goddamn face with his own pokémon weren’t enough, he also feels the searing heat of a ferocious FLAMETHROWER scorching his body. thankfully it doesn’t linger long enough to roast him as bad as anakin skywalker, but it leaves him with the exact same ashy ‘do that shamus himself sported when he was roasted by pignite all those years ago. his fluffy white hair puffs up like a clown’s; he glowers, his eyes blazing like the fire that alighted on him.

“but that’s the thing about you, isn’t it?” he snarls. “you know what this says about you? it tells me YOU HAVE NO ORIGINAL IDEAS. i told you you didn’t have a creative bone in your body, and all you’re doing in this battle is proving it now. you like to shout and throw things around, but you don’t know what real power is--you don’t know any more than the woman standing next to you. show them who you truly are, togekiss. WARRIOR OF THE SUN!”

peeling herself off the floor, togekiss soars into the air. another morning sun flashes, this time not the light of a dying star but the light of the divine pouring forth--so brightly that the audience all around has to shield their eyes. wind whips around the arena in an air slash, one that builds to the strength of a raging storm, then reaches up to swirl around togekiss whose wings and long talons extend via grass knot into sharp thorny blades. she plummets toward incineroar, intricate patterns flickering over her godlike image with a powered-up dazzling gleam and the ripple of the maelstrom around her. nero laughs as he sends all three of his pokémon’s attacking moves at once. if this hits, shamus’ pokémon is down for the count.

#diamangelique #musesbygeoff #group thread 02. || musesbygeoff; diamangelique

invictarre‌:

A N N A L I S E / O P P O N E N T 2

Annalise covered her mouth, trying not to cry out as her Tauros was flung into the barrier, sliding to the ground. Despite being battered and poisoned, the Tauros stood back up slowly, shaking his furry coat and huffing loudly.

The more you hurt a Tauros, the angrier it would get. And the Poison, progressively getting worse, meant he was already furious.

“Angus, go! Use Stone Edge and Return on Hydreigon!” Annalise commands. The bull Pokemon charges towards the hydra again, and as his hooves pound against the ground, sharp spikes of rock shoot from the ground towards the Hydreigon. Angus leaps up onto some of the spikes, charging right towards the Hydreigon’s chest.

Despite attempting to dodge, the Dragon Pulse had caught them both off guard, and SirFetch’d took the brunt of the attack. The poison continued to seep into his feathers, too, draining even more of the energy he was working so hard to conserve.

But the warrior birds were nothing if not determined. Any attack against them was an attack against their honour, and as long as they could still stand they would continue to fight.

Leon doesn’t need to command the move, for Allez is already darting forward with its glowing leek outstretched, releasing the pent-up energy a second later. The light is too blinding for Leon to look at for too long, and if it hits Hydreigon right it should definitely help to even out the playing field a little.

❝ Be quick. Don’t let it bite you. ❞

CRITICAL HIT!

solar blade isn’t very effective, but the doubled damage and the added hit from the tauros’ two moves from it makes it feel as though it is. the great monster flinches back, her nine necks swaying like trees in a storm, too hurt to think of grabbing the bird in any of its mouths--each of which could haves swallowed it whole. but far from putting a frown on nero’s face, this makes him grin. what is a fight if there isn’t a little pushback, a little show of spirit before it is cruelly and inevitably CRUSHED?

“so, galar’s unbeatable champion finally decided he’s going to be a challenge to me,” he taunts. “you’ll have one more loss on your record yet. hydreigon! WRATH OF THE ARCHANGEL!”

at this, the great dragon soars into the air. with a flick of nero’s wrist, a great yellow beam shines down on her, bathing her in celestial light. she concentrates, and fires a move down her own throat; purple flames of dragon pulse spread over her whole form, cloaking the appendages on her back in seraphic feathers while adding demon horns to each head and lengthening the vestigial legs into wicked hooked talons. she swallows the power herb that she had been holding as she dives into a fly. the dragon pulse fire builds around her as she speeds toward both pokémon, aiming to slam them both and trap them under her massive form.

she is flight, she is fire, she is fury.

wrath of the archangel indeed.

#wgac2020 #wgac2020battles #invictarre #dragonskxn #thread 01. || invictarre; dragonskxn

musesbygeoff

Battle 1 - Shamus (Incineroar) vs. Diantha (Mudkip) vs. Nero (Togekiss)

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musesbygeoff‌:

diamangelique‌:

She loves to see it. She adores seeing this. Let them fight over an alliance, and the benefits of using a weaker Pokémon become clear.

They underestimate her Mudkip. Shamus would turn on her first chance he gets, and Nero is trying his darnest to keep an alliance from forming. Which means they’re preoccupied with each other. Which gives her a chance to strike.

“Sorry boys. I know I’m popular, but I’m not falling for any of this! Another Whirlpool, right in between them!”

This time Mudkip forms a Whirlpool of pure water- but with a twist. As it is aimed for the space in between the two opposing Pokémon, the water of the Whirlpool absorbs the light and power from the Morning Sun Dazzling Gleam combination, reflecting it around the pit and hopefully harming both opponents.

Nero was using Togekiss to target Incineroar. Whoops, looks like he triggered the host, in a trolling contest. Is that a bonus? He thought. Hopefully, worry about that later.

The attack missed! Incineroar dodged it!

Shamus knew Nero would be looking at him when his attack failed, so the fire trainer pointed over to the host and laughed.

However, that wouldn’t last long because not only did Diantha reject the alliance proposal, but she had her eyes set on both their Pokemon! The dazzling gleam was reflected right back. Unfortunately for Shamus, luck wasn’t going to be on his side twice and the move struck the fire tiger and knocked him down into the mud.

Shamus glared, now turning his attention to Diantha.

“You’ll regret this! You should’ve accepted my alliance! Hope you enjoy becoming the target! Incineroar, change of plans! Focus on Mudkip! Time for our ultimate Fire Warrior move! Flare Blitz!”

Fire engulfed Incineroar and the fire tiger leaped high up and then dove down at fast speeds down at Mudkip!

While the attack was in progress, Shamus turned to Nero.

“I know we had our differences in the past round, but since she obviously thinks she’s too cool for us, how about we form an alliance instead?”

Of course Shamus just wants an alliance to stop the water attacks from the Mudkip from affecting his Incineroar. Once again, he has no second thoughts about betraying the alliance on his final turn should Nero accept the offer, but just one round not being the focus was all he needs.

fuck this. FUCK THIS. first his most badass move gets dodged and reflected in such a shitty, sparkly way, and now the guy who laughed at him when he dodged it is trying to make an alliance?

“Fuck. You. Both!”

he balls a fist and turns his attention back to the field, watching as flare blitz plows straight ahead at mudkip.

“couldn’t have gone for darkest lariat? why would i be allies with someone who uses a fire move on a water pokémon?” he says snarkily as the move travels to connect, but he’s focused on something else entirely.

wait for it…wait for it……

“now! grass knot and dazzling gleam!”

almost as soon as flare blitz either hits (or doesn’t), togekiss flaps its great white wings. there’s a bloodred flash designed to hit both opponents and distract from what’s coming next--and then great VENUS FLYTRAPS with sharp teeth shoot out from underneath incineroar’s and mudkip’s feet, growing to massive size by togekiss’ command and by the richness of the soil underneath, each one stained a sickly shade of brown and crimson.

#musesbygeoff #diamangelique #group thread 02. || musesbygeoff; diamangelique #wgac2020 #wgac2020battles

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