[Sep. 2010 Event] Revolution Scramble!

Sal watched as Goku lost another match-up, this time to another simian. He saw the narrower path ahead, and realised this meant the peak of the hill was close. With his Chimchar now likely to face multiple opponents, Sal changed his orders accordingly.

"Ok Goku, we'll probably be facing more Pokémon now, so Growl to throw your opponents off, then fire an Ember at the opponent most vulnerable to Fire attacks! Let's finish with a bang."

Richard sighed. He knew that Boulder had tried its best so far, but he wanted so much more out of his companion. "Right then. We can still win this. I know it. Go for a double tackle! This is vital." He held his breath. It would end soon.

Kin watched in surprise as Dia went yet another round without coming into contact with anyone. Noticing the shrinking path, Kin realized that things could get ugly. "Err... Dia, Foresight whoever you come up against. Then hit them with Spark.

"Excellent Job Mankey, now go for the win! trip up your opponents with a Low Kick, and finish with a Rock Slide try to bury them both- you've done excellently now!"

DM shouts to his surprisingly sucessful Mankey...

Happy at his Cyndaquil's seeming tie, Will didn't seem too offput as the path narrowed but he did adjust his strategy for it. Not able to judge what his opponents would be was starting to be a bother. He could screw up the others, though...

"Chili, Flame Wheel whichever is a better target for Fire attacks, then Smokescreen!"

Gligar got a reprieve in the battle he found as he made his way up the hill.

His encounter was with that of a Mudkip belonging to a trainer named Gale. Although the fight was tough, to Yougi the fight seemed to swing in their favour when the first attack landed.

Gligar opened by Biting into the opposing Mudkip before being tackled away as it fought to stand it's ground. Both Pokémon retaliated quickly, dashing in for a Poison Sting from Gligar that was particularly effective with it's venom. But Mudkip tackled it back as the poison flooded into it's system. This gave Gligar a healthy edge, allowing him to gain pace on the race back up the hill.

With the final stretch in sight, it was obvious that the Pokémon aiming to reach the top would meet in larger groups now and although Yougi wanted to meet Mudkip again due to it's poison, he had to plan accordingly with the chance of meeting 3 Pokémon or more being guaranteed. Instead of going full offensive like he had been doing recently, he decided to take another approach and in doing so he hoped he wouldn't meet with the Snorunt again.

"Gligar, keep your wits about you." Yougi called out to his Pokémon, hoping to ensure he was aware of how volatile the last section would be. "I want you to act as we did at the start of this race now. Start by whipping up a Sand Attack for cover, then Bite the healthiest looking Pokémon you meet." He just hoped that the cloud of sand would provide him with the protection he needed for a good result.

Marion's Nincada was still a good way near the end of the pack, and Marion prayed some miracle would happen that would aid his Pokémon. As the sprinters were converging on the top of the hill, the battles would surely intensify.

"Harden against any attacks that come your way," Marion shouted up the hill, "then use Scratch on whichever Pokémon is closest!"

Gale sighed at the outcome of his battle and decided to change things up a little bit.

"Okay Mudkip, you just came off a really bad round and your poisoned, keep your distance from the other combatants. Try to look as if you're not going to harm then, let them attack each other then once they have finished use one Tackle on each of them then continue on."

Goku returned to his trainer, with a rather disappointed look on his face.

"Hey, so we didn't win. You did your best, and that's awesome. And plus, we got a great prize," he said, looking at the Egg Voucher in his hand and petting the Fire type, before taking the Chimchar's Ribbon and the voucher and leaving the arena.

DM sighs as Mankey trundles across the finish line, with a solid finish, in second place overall. Picking up his tired Pokémon, he walks to the trophy case, and picks up Mankey's medal and the consolatory TM.

"Well Mankey, that was a great job! Tough luck on that last bit, but you did great overall, and I'm very proud of you."

Kin smiled as he picked up Dia. "Well, we may not of won, but we did pretty good. Great job, Dia." he told Dia as he returned her to her PokéBall. He then stepped forward to pick up he and Dia's consolation prize- and immediatly began studying the Lum and Payapa berries.

As a tired and battered Gligar made his way over to Yougi, he bent down. He'd intended to grab his pokémon as it was close enough, but just out of his grasp the Pokémon started admiring it's shell. With a smile, Yougi knew that the experience from the event has allowed Gligar to learn Harden. As he picked up his Pokémon as he was close, he helped Gligar get perched atop of his head while they went to collect the prizes.

He consoled his Pokémon, and suggested to it that most of their problems were just unfortunate luck. Which is what he believed as well, with that many Pokémon all fighting for top spot you needed a lot of luck to come out on top.

As Yougi reached to counter to collect his ribbon and reward for Gligar, he was dumbfounded somewhat as he looked at the ticket by his profile.
"100!?" he said in surprise, knowing that there was only 100 tickets in the draw.
He expected something big, but as he was passed Gligars ribbon with congratulations and complements on how hard Gligar competed the prize he obtained was a slip of paper.

He skulked off to the nearest wall to check out the slip he'd been given and nearly slipped down the wall in surprise yet again.
"Entitlement to receive one special Pokémon Egg." He read out to himself and Gligar, "Collect at a Pokémart at your earliest conveniece. Looks like we lucked out." He chuckled to Gligar as he shuffled to the exit, pokéball in hand ready to return Gligar.

Tobias cheered for Cotton as she finished third place, followed immediately by a Snorunt. The Swablu promptly flew over to Tobias and landed on his head, ecstatic at her finish.

"Great job, Cotton, you did great! Did you have fun?" The tired cotton bird chirped in the affirmative, and began preening herself while the pair walked over to the counter to collect their prize.

The receptionist gladly handed them their berries, and Tobias politely thanked her. "Ok, Cotton, you ready to go?" Tobias asked as he placed her on his shoulder and continued on his way.