P. F. L. Office

[Whatevr89532]

He looks mildly frustrated. "Oohh, I can never get that guy's accent right. Hang on.." His shape changes in a rubbery, flowing sort of way, taking on a pink color through the transition, until the person in front of Callista looks exactly like her, clothes and all! But is still wearing the sunglasses. "Is this a good enough hint? I could do a few more impressions," she says, in a fair imitation of Callista's usual tone of voice.

[AmbushCat]

Callista: ... *chuckles* Okay, now that sounds pretty good. Not that I'm biased, or anything. *offers her hand* You're a Ditto-person, I'm guessing?

[Whatevr89532]

The other Callista shakes the offered hands. "More or less. Technically I'm just a very talented Ditto. They call me 'D'." The sunglasses sink into her head and disappear, showing the reason for their presence: She has the signature weirdly dot-eyes of a usual Ditto rather than real ones.

"Most Dittos change once and forget; I can remember all the forms I want to. The tradeoff is it takes me longer to learn them. So--for instance right now I look like you, but I can't imitate your abilities yet. We can't do the mirror fight thing until I've fought you at least once as somebody else, unfortunately."

[AmbushCat]

*Callista raises an eyebrow on seeing D's eyes, but she doesn't seem too weirded out. Too much time spent around Ambush, probably.*

Calli: *smiles, a fang jutting past her upper lip* That's still really neat. Gives a reason for me to get passing grades so I can take the test at a later date.

[Whatevr89532]

D nods. "I guess we should get to that. You probably had a type-balanced fight with Clyve-o there, so I'm thinking maybe something more...difficult..." She morphs into a somewhat taller Lucario-like form (though still with dot eyes) and gets a slightly vicious grin. "You wouldn't happen to be a Normalizer would you?"

[AmbushCat]

((OOC: Aaaand I forgot that I'd given Calli gray text. Just never fails.))

*tail twitches* Hah, I've often wished. ...Seriously, I have. I'm a Cute Charmer, sadly.

[Whatevr89532]

D nods. "Well, I do feel a little better about using this form if you have a few attacks it doesn't resist." She leaps into the air and lands on the ring easily. "I'll warn you, I'm pretty good and I don't really hold back. I've been trying to get a fight with Arky, and he says I'm not allowed until I beat everyone in uber tier at least once."

[AmbushCat]

Guessing that guy's the P. F. L.'s best... *climbs into the ring normally* So I'm guessing this is just as much a test of my longevity as it is of my ability to pitch a fight?

[Whatevr89532]

D shrugs. "I suppose you can put it that way. I try to emulate the uber tier experience to see if it fits or not, I just stop after a little damage is done instead of at a fainting." She moves to a bit of a fighting-like stance. "In light of that, I'm gonna count down from five. At 'zero', both of us make whatever moves we want. 'Kay?"

[AmbushCat]

Alright. Hold on a sec.

*Callista tosses her sandals over her shoulder and out of the ring, then turns a bit to the left while keeping her head pointed at D, claws poking out of their sheathes. She doesn't adopt a fighting stance aside from that; D should be able to discern from her body language that she isn't particularly "well-trained", per se.*

Ready as I'll ever be. Start countin'.

[Whatevr89532]

D nods, and starts the countdown, watching Callista to be sure she's following its even rhythm. "Five, four, three, two, one, zero." At 'zero', she rushes forward, drawing a hand back into a glowing orange fist and aiming a punch toward Callista's center.

((Power-up Punch.
Simultaneous action is possible here: the move might be countered or interrupted by another move, etc.))

[AmbushCat]

*Callista's right fist meets the Power-up Punch head-on; her hand down to the wrist is wreathed with electricity.*

((Thunderpunch))

[Whatevr89532]

D keeps up the strike and their fists meet, electricity arcing visibly across her metallic body. She only convulses from it for a moment, though, before leaning back slightly and going for a hard leg-sweeping kick.

((Low Sweep (which I just learned exists)
I rolled random.org to see if thunderpunch paralyzed; it's supposed to be a 10% chance so I went between 1 and 100 said "1 to 10 is successful" and then it gave me a 93.))

[AmbushCat]

((OOC: Strange as it sounds, I've never heard of random.org up until now. I'd just been using WotC's online die roller if I needed something like that.))

*Callista deliberately tanks the hit with a pained grimace; a soft golden glow surrounds her as she falls, coalescing at her forehead. By the time she hits the ring floor, the leg that took the least damage is already in motion, targeting D's lower limbs in the same manner.*

((Copycat - segues into Low Sweep))

[muffinstud]

A lanky guy pops through the front door. He has a chipper smile on his face as he looks around. He sees the Stantler-man at the desk and approaches. "Is this where all the martial arts stuff happens?"