Wow, some strange stuff happened this round. Enjoy, dig site vandals!
XVIcaliber's:
Slashe (Sneasel) [M]
Nature: Jolly
Health: 31
Energy: 58%
Boosts: -1 Attack (Intimidate)
Other: None
Actions: Double Team (4 Clones) - Taunt - Faint Attack
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rickheg's:

Ziggy (Growlithe) [F]
Nature: Adamant
Health: 67
Energy: 81%
Boosts: Taunted (1 more actions), -2 Defense (one more round)
Other: None
Actions: Flame Wheel - Will-o-wisp - Flame Wheel
Feeling naked without his band of ninja ice weasels to back him up, the run down Slashe, once again makes an army of smirking
Double Team clones! Not wanting to give the sneaky little creatures a chance to form up, however, Ziggy, wrapping herself in flames, begins charging toward the pack of Slashes without a moment of hesitation. The resulting
Flame Wheel struck the huddle like a bowling ball, but alas the speed of Slashe left the result of the attack looking much more like a 7-10 split than a strike. The Slashe that Ziggy so zealously hit vanished in a puff, as the remaining party scattered around the pit.
...and, reflecting much about Slashe's character, the group began an epic class
Taunt from all around the site, from which there was no escape. Ziggy's level of annoyance with her little menace of an opponent reached critical mass, and her focus, just as soon as she had begun to regain it, was gone again, the remnant blue flames of a would-be
Will-o-Wisp fizzled out inside her mouth.
The jeering stopped all to suddenly, and a hush fell over the warzone. Slashe, as well as all his cohorts, were gone, meaning only one thing: another
Faint Attack was inbound. Ziggy braced herself this time, but even so the sheer number of claws that buried themselves into her back as each clone and Slashe appeared from the shadows to attack was too much for readiness to play a factor...or was it? All of that defending seems to have been a set up, as Ziggy suddenly whirled around, flames engulfing her as the last copy of Slashe appeared from the darkness! Channeling her deep hatred for Slashe's previous antics, Ziggy's next Flame Wheel had a considerable amount of extra oomph to it, and as it she drives herself into the body of Slashe, she gives what can only be described as a grin. She had struck the correct Slashe once again, and with the clones beginning to lose their tangibility, she turned up the heat on her vicious tackle and left the already gasping Slashe with a nasty burn! Truly, Slashe is almost down and out after this kind of a beating, right? No! Still barely able to stand and trying desperately trying to reduce the searing pain for the burn, Slashe appears ready to give himself to one last round!
XVIcaliber's:
Slashe (Sneasel) [M]
Nature: Jolly
Health: 13
Energy: 29%
Boosts: -1 Attack (Intimidate)
Other: Burned (keep in mind the new burn mechanics are NOT in effect here)
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rickheg's:

Ziggy (Growlithe) [F]
Nature: Adamant
Health: 55
Energy: 75%
Boosts: Taunted (4 more actions)
Other: None
Slashe is exhausted and battered, while Ziggy appears to be fighting fit, though clearly INCREDIBLY annoyed. Does XVI have something up his sleeve for Slashe's final moments?
Calculations:
XVI has first actions this coming round!