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[Whatevr89532]

The shifting of Dact's clothes and body continue, the former looking increasingly like a long dress while the latter further softens and slims to clearly feminine proportions. A sort of golden headband appears on top of his head and his hair grows out, the last inch or so of each strand turning purple along the way. His voice shifts upward at this point and there is the unmistakeable sensation of turning female, followed by her chest swelling out into the dress. The dress has a tall black collar with a purple eye-like decoration in the middle.

So changed, Dact* feels unusually sturdy, yet able to disappear at any time; she is both a ghost, and made of steel. She can summon at will a shield and a sword, each an extension of herself, made apparently of gold with similar puprle eye-like decorations on them.

((*-Body is like left, current clothes are like the one on the right. On using an attacking move and/or drawing the sword, clothes shift to the one on the left. On drawing the shield intending to block an attack (actually using the move King's Shield), clothes shift back to the one on the right.

So much writer's block on this change. I'm really sorry.))


"All right then," says Clyve. He indicates a panel of knobs, switches, and buttons near the center of the nearest side-wall of the ring, and in particular the largest button in the middle, with the letters "P. C." written on it. "This is meant to be a light spar, so we shouldn't try to faint each other, but if I do faint hit that button there. Restores whoever's on the ring." After that he grabs the ring floor and vaults himself over the ropes, landing on his side and rolling to a standing position."

[AmbushCat]

Callista: I can't picture that happening, but okay. *crawls between the ropes into the ring, standing up directly across from Clyve* S'okay if I kick things off?

*Callista takes a deep breath to steady herself; her hands tighten, then loosen again. Tiny claws appear on her fingertips. Her tail lashes about, giving her nervousness away.*

[Whatevr89532]

"Go on," the Mightyena-man nods. He remains in a casual, relaxed-looking stance.

[AmbushCat]

Callista: *eagerly* Thanks!

*True to her word, Callista really does kick things off... as in a quick pair of kicks that send both her sandals flying at Clyve's face!*

((Fake Out))

[Whatevr89532]

"Gah!" Clyve catches the shoes straight in the face, staggering back slightly and flailing his arms. He regains his composure after a moment, though.

((Flinch, obviously

I'm trying to figure out relative speeds for non-priority-move turn order. The base speeds of both species is exactly the same and Clyve isn't especially fast, so if pokemon-Callista has any kind of speed advantage she would usually go first, I think.))

[AmbushCat]

((OOC: Likewise, I've went through the games' complete Move List to see which moves would best match up with her described power-set [and it requires more thought than one thinks ], as well as searching through the Skitty line's list to see which ones she'd feel comfortable using. I think I have things narrowed down sufficiently.))

Callista: *hand behind her head* Sorry 'bout that... kinda needed the freedom of movement. Let's rock it and roll it!

*A brief gleam in her eyes before Callista blurs. Grayish flashes can be seen around the ring for a few seconds before Callista charges in at Clyve's 11:00, fully committed to her strike.*

((Quick Attack))

[Whatevr89532]

Clyve holds up his hands in a defensive posture as his opponent disappears; he takes the hit but maintains position, and then opens his mouth wide and leaps forward at her, aiming a very deep bite at Callista's nearest arm. It wasn't terribly obvious up until now, but his teeth look entirely carnivorous and hurt just as much as they look like they would.

((Crunch))

[AmbushCat]

*Callista's eyes widen, but she is able to retract her arm just in time as she jumps away; the Crunch attack does manage to tear off a chunk of fur on the back of her hand, making her wince for a moment.*

Callista: Okay. Note to self: close-range is a bad idea against him.

*Callista takes a deep breath, attempting to get her nerves under control. As a soft glow emanates from her forehead across her body, her tail stops twitching and she feels more at ease.*

(Calm Mind)

[Whatevr89532]

Clyve moves closer slowly, waiting for Callista to finish calming down before baring his teeth in an insane grin that seems to darken the world around it, bringing out a slight glow to his eyes.

(Scary Face)

[AmbushCat]

*Understandably, Callista is freaked out. Very freaked out, if her knees knocking together and dilated eyes are any indication. Her feet don't seem to want to move properly.*

AIEEEEEEE~!

*...So freaked out, in fact, that her terrified shriek soon jumps the gap from "scream" clear up to Hyper Voice without any extra provocation. The sound waves are strong enough to make the ring and air itself vibrate.*

[Whatevr89532]

Clyve winces and backs up slightly, his ears trying to shield themselves from the noise against his own skull. But he recovers fairly quickly, answering with an animal-like howl to the sky and then rushing at Callista, pausing in a way that looks an awful lot like an opening, and then making a hard punch where she should be if she takes said opening.

((Howl, Sucker Punch (trying to internally accommodate the possibility of failing if she doesn't try to attack)))

[AmbushCat]

*Still feeling unsteady, Callista tries spitting an Ice Beam instead of using a physical attack... but Clyve's Sucker Punch beats her to it, striking her shoulder and knocking her back to the ring ropes.*

*In the midst of this, her attempted Ice Beam shoots past Clyve harmlessly and freezes part of the ring in the corner instead.*

Callista: *gritting her teeth as she forces herself straight* I know this is OOC for me, but I think I'm actually enjoying myself here.

[Whatevr89532]

"Well, this job hurts enough it's not right to keep at it if you don't enjoy it." Clyve draws back the opposite fist; this time it glows white before he comes at her with it, and the strike is a hard, direct one more characteristic of a martial artist's.

((Rock Smash (assuming the reduced speed and/or momentary distraction from talking is enough to give him first turn here)

In RS and ORAS I pretty much always used Mightyena as my rock smasher.))

[AmbushCat]

((OOC: It tended to vary for me, but I generally prefer Linoone for that task. Kind of a holdover from my Pickup-spamming days.))

*Not seeing too many options in light of her overall speed disadvantage, Callista opts to reuse Quick Attack... against the ring ropes at her 7:00, trying to rebound off them at an angle and evade Clyve's fist.*

[Whatevr89532]

The dodge is successful. Although Clyve misses, he doesn't seem to lose out to his own momentum from the attack, and is able to right himself and turn around to face her new position with no problem. This takes long enough for Callista to probably line up another shot, though.

((Taking second go this turn))