Whooo! Awesome comeback! Love your girls in action!

Rene: *Gulps and covers throat* Note to self: Never annoy Nikki. OR Tenebra!

So much awesome in this page. Honestly, love the way the attacks are done. Some of them I've wondered how they'd be done, such as Substitute. And I applaud the fact that you didn't succumb to temptation and use the ol' log substitution trick.

There goes my originality......
Nice nonetheless!

I take it a certain sneasel had thought of the ninja-substitute trick as well?

Indeed....Amongst other tricks....

I love that payday attack but she better hopes she wins or she will have to tell her dad where her coins went.

Like he doesn't have plenty to spare :P

Now you've got me imagining that somewhere on the Blackclaw estate there's a giant Scrooge McDuck-style money bin where all these coins are housed...

Pay Day to the throat.
OW.
OW OW OW OW

I love that Tenebra is using her opponent as a bat. That's just awesome right there. :)

*squirms and holds her throat sympathetically* That's just *EVIL*.

Ouch that hurt! if i had a go at nikki things would be different!

That's what everyone says

Heh, Tenebra likes bats huh, howabout someone applying this particular bat on her.

http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/hsde.....t/NDVD_039.jpg

Heh, I'd vote for the guy in the picture doing it. Lol, anyways, great followup, yet again more answers to how these attacks would work are teh answered.

You seem to think she hasn't been on the receiving end of something like that before...

I wish I could find a better one where the bat's just covered in barbwire. Okay, howabout if it was on the fire and then applied to her head? :P Of course, holding it at the end that it was on fire would probably hurt the person holding it as well.

What happens when one trains with a wise ol' 'mon who likes to sip tea and work his charges to the bone I suppose.

People can say what they want about Nikki, but nobody can ever call her lazy or unmotivated.

HMM they seem to have forgotten about Stunner for the moment!

They haven't, but there's only so much that can fit on one page. You don't think Mitzi is sitting there rubbing her head this entire time do you?

After reading a few chapters of Sun Tsu, I gotta say Nikki knows her battle bible well. She knows the advice, but lets hope she remembered to read the warnings too.

Brilliant battle tactics :)

There is the simple issue that Nikki had to use up a sizable percentage of her life energy to make the substitute, She's technically vulnerable right now...

Not that anyone's in a position to exploit that- Or are there?

It's not THAT big of a percentage, and she's hardly fragile. But yes, she is in a fairly safe position, the only one who has a shot at her is Stunner, and she's rather expecting it.

True enough, though its not a *small* percentage either. One-quarter of your life force is nothing to sneeze at, especially considering she's been hit in the fight before- but considering the overwhelming advantage it put her into, it was a very successful gambit.

On a question for Substitute, at least your interpretation- What happens to the original while its in effect? Invisible? Intangible?

Eh, either, both, whatever happens to those anime ninjas when they pull the same trick. I couldn't really think of any other way to represent Substitute, and it seemed appropriate for the setting.

Well, based on the setting, it can range from "Invisible/Intangible", to "Perfectly Visible, but no one noticed because they were looking at the duplicate", to "They were there the whole time, but they teleported away when hit", to "We aren't gonna tell you or even make up our own minds."

Heh, the more see/read about Team Jet, the more I'm convinced that Team Jet vs Team Safari would be an awesome fight. Not that I'd expect them to win (as you often say, there's a *reason* they're number 1), but it'd be some crazy over-the-top action. And Team Jet, as Marv put it, would "Know they'd been in a fight, that's for damn sure."

Not sure how it'd actually *happen*, though, as I don't see Team Safari intentionally doing anything to draw Team Jet's attention, nor can I figure out why Team Jet would put their sights on a mid-high ranked Junior team.

Yeah I didn't really see a need to define it. I'm not a big fan of "defining" everything, once you start doing that you take the magic and mystery out of it, as it were.

Heh everyone wants a piece of Team Jet, but that was kind of the idea. They were deliberately designed to be the villainous "boss" team, so yeah, they're a little stronger than others. But on a level appropriate for the "boss", if that makes sense.

Ehe, I just want in for the sheer awesome of it. :)


and yeah, to a certain degree over-defining can be harmful, but so can under-defining. I tend to err on the side of "Define it when it become relevant."

The fight continues.

That is one HUGE can of whoop-ass!

About time! Heh, ok, gotta admit, was expecting that from Tenbra against Charmanda since I really couldn't do anything with her last time. Nice use of payday, but damn it that's it. Zeni's not getting kicked around anymore.

Yeah sorry for the delay, wrist and forearm were demanding a break from drawing for a bit but all's good now. Hey, they know their business, sometimes the best way to deal with a scrapper is to just deny them the chance to fight. Sooner or later they'll get frustrated and beat themselves.

Damn, it seems anything short of bringing firearms into the ring is acceptable.

Only approved items and manifestations of pokemon powers is acceptable- Coin Toss is an actual pokemon power, so this is considered fair.

Well, yeah, I always assumed they generated those coins with the attack or something, not brought them into battle. Anyways I meant that statement in regards to the throat shot there more than anything else.

I think she might have generated them before the fight, making them legit- not sure, we'd have to ask Carlito.

And yeah, Pokemon fights are *brutal*. I get the impression that, in general, Pokemon (and morphs) are much tougher in general than humans, so they can live through allot more...

There's also the fact that Team Jet is brutal for even for 'morphs.

Even if she didn't generate them it's still legit if the whole "fling" thing in the last generation v nocturne fight was legal.

So far none of the pca fights have been all that brutal to me, mean-spirited maybe, but not brutal.

I suppose that depends on the definition of "Brutal" I suppose, though some of Carlito's stories about Tenebra fighting comes damned close by most standards, I think.

I've seen the entire fist of the north star series so it's kind of hard for me to see anything as brutal anymore.

I think it might be me rebelling against the whole pussyfoot approach that the cartoon has towards battles. Somehow I just can't buy into a claw attack causing the victim of such to just fly backwards without a scratch or a mega kick to knock them backwards slightly dizzy. A Flamethrower will most likely set someone on fire, imagine that. Powerful attacks should show it, and hitting someone with razor sharp claws, well, will probably make them bleed. Though Tenebra did grow up in an environment where excessive violence was expected and encouraged, so she in particular plays rough.

As for Pay Day, I know that in the game it creates coins for the user to throw, but I just can't see that in a pokemorph world, all sorts of problems with something like that. Nikki actually can't create them, but she does have the ability to throw them with superpowered accuracy and power, think Bullseye from Marvel. She carries them into the arena with her but it's perfectly legal, same as a cubone's club weapon or a Farfetchd's leek.

At best, I'd imagine if they were generated, they'd vanish after use. This is a good compromise, though.

Yikes! They vicious.

Oooh, this is getting nasty.

There's alot going on...I think I missed what happened to Bubba's eyes.

Confuse Ray. Originally I drew the beams in but it looked really bad so I just put the effect around his eyes.

Oh! I see now.

Is that what that is. But hey, techincally wouldn't she have had to get the confusion ray off before he spit the seed at her? Heh, I call shinanigans. Stupid ghosts.

I don't see why, to my knowledge leech seed doesn't do anything to prevent its victims from acting. Now in the anime bulbasaur's version grows vines that entangle them, but really all she needs to do is make eye contact. He kind of did that when he spit it at her in the first place.

Actually, all leech seed does is infest you with life-draining plants that steal your energy and give it to the seeder- at least, in the game.

Yes, but in the cartoon, bulbasaur's version also seems to have the side effect of entangling them in the vines to various degrees, from being held immobile to being slightly annoyed by them. That seems to be the version that was presented last page, so that's what I went with here.

True, it probably depends on they physical strength and resistance of the fighter in question, vines would restrict anyone's movement, its just a question of how much.

Whoo, Pay Day! :D Goddamn they're getting the crap kicked out of 'em. :|

Thomas:*writing down on a note pad* memo to self, never, ever, ever piss off Team Jet.

Hey, they have a reputation for a reason.

Thomas: *thinking for a minute and continues writing* Memo to self, enemy teammates make suprisingly good blunt weapons. Oh Arceus, thats even painful to watch.

Sorry but i'm hoping they still get a brunt. Seeing Team Jet getting the upper hand just makes me want seeing them biting the dust more and more...

Don't ask me why, I just feel that way. :P

This has gone from a battle to a brawl to a full-on beatdown in quite a short time... Nikki definitely wasn't kidding when she said "make 'em bleed". I'm anxious to see if this ends up being a squash match or the biggest upset in school history.

Eddie: [sulking] Hrmph. Last time I tried using Pay Day in a battle, my opponent accused me of trying to bribe them and I almost got disqualified...

I just know Eddie's going to go home, set up a target, and start trying to hit the bulls-eye with coins. If only because it looks so [i]cool[i]!

He used to practice on a picture of Arnie taped to a dartboard, but he had to quit after he started throwing the coins so hard that they punched through the walls of his dorm room. He's got a couple of new ideas on how to employ it, but for now he just throws money around in the figurative sense, rather than doing it literally. :)

Eeep. This fight is less of a fight and more of a freakin' CF from hell.

"Fatality!"

Looks like the school nurse is going to have his hands full here.

Brutally Awesome!

Axel: Daaaammn. *holds throat* This battle is going far worse than I originally tought it would.
Jerome:Well what did you expect Axel? Nicole is one tough Meowth and she is dangerous when she's mad.
Axel:Well good thing I'm not facing her and that Raigon overslept or else he would want to fight her team.
Jerome: I feel sorry for you to have him for a leader.

Nice way of including the Payday move into the fight. Though to be fairly honest, I did expect more from Tenebra than taking Charmanda by suprise like that given she has the biggest reputation (hides in unknown location for own safety).
I DID expect Nicole to do something sneaky like that though.
Also, I get what you did with the confuse ray.
Poor, Mitzi though, she really did take a hit there.

So, wouldn't this make Stunner the only member of Red Team standing (barely)?

There really wasn't any surprise involved, Charmander had her tied up in a Fire Spin but once Nikki busted that up Tenebra just came out swinging. I don't see how anyone's surprised by that :P

Wow, this is getting Brutal o_O

That said though, I'd wonder how they'd stack against my own female Furies, but I'm Biased, so..

Damon: *watching intently*
Sammy: Obsessed, much?
Damon: If I intend to best them, I need to study them.
Grace: C'MON YOU FRESHMAN PUSSIES! BUCK UP!
Maria: You're getting into this waaaay too much.
Grace: Y'know, I just want to see Team Jet get their arses kicked. DAMMIT, DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW TO FIGHT! SAMMY CAN TAKE A SENIOR DOWN IN 30 SECONDS FLAT!
Sammy: SHUT UP, Grace!
Nick: Really Grace. We aren't going to get involved in this.

(Great pic!)

This is rather intense. I didn't realize the combat could get so brutal...I am now wondering what rules there are for combat?

Still, I'm hoping my Spiritomb is allowed to be in the PCA setting. He may not be because of his various quirks and oddities that are both physical and mental in nature. These oddities are a result of his literally unique biology, but his mental attitude makes him try to balance out his advantages.. Nicole just may be the one he'll make an exception for...

Also, I have a scene in mind between him and Mitzi which is mistaken as something else by Nicole.

Well if you compare pokemorph battles to a pro wrestling or mixed martial arts match with superpowers (which is kind of how I see them, in a very general way) those kind of matches can get pretty intense and brutal, especially when there's bad blood between the combatants. And hard-hitting, powerful moves are going to leave opponents with a bloody nose here and there. In general as long as the attack isn't intentionally trying to cause injury or isn't way more force than is necessary (throwing a Giga Impact at someone who's barely clinging to consciousness for example), it's all good.

Of course some of that likely depends on the ref, just like in the real world. And Perjan seems to have taken a "just let them fight" approach. Real world referees will sometimes do that when there's a match with a lot of bad blood involved. And remember that these pokemoprhs are tough, and it's all relative. What would be a catastrophic, bone-breaking hit to a normal human doesn't amount to much more than a solid open-field tackle to them.