[the poor ball pokémon bounces around through the vibrations while archie also... tries not to fall on his ass. it's probably not a surprise to nanu that archie is... animated, while he battles. the ground splinters and breaks from the earthquake and electrode does a good job of ping-ponging around the damaging quake... right up until it accidentally ramps off a piece of upturned ground and lands ass-first on another crack. it buzzes as it cries out and despite being a seasoned battler, archie can't help but wince a little at its cry of pain.
somehow, electrode doesn't fucking DIE from the super effective attack but it's clearly very beat up, so archie returns it back to its ball. he would like to throw out muk and let the swamp boys commune for fun, but that ground typing... sigh. there's a clear hesitation as he decides how to deal with this (or maybe he's just making up for sharpedo already being out), eventually deciding on the shark. he grabs his mega anchor dramatically-- sharpedo already knows what's up. it dives down into the water and jumps up as the mega evolution energy encapsulates it to release it into its new form. it roars as it breaks through the barrier while archie laughs loudly, clearly enjoying this.]
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[the poor ball pokémon bounces around through the vibrations while archie also... tries not to fall on his ass. it's probably not a surprise to nanu that archie is... animated, while he battles. the ground splinters and breaks from the earthquake and electrode does a good job of ping-ponging around the damaging quake... right up until it accidentally ramps off a piece of upturned ground and lands ass-first on another crack. it buzzes as it cries out and despite being a seasoned battler, archie can't help but wince a little at its cry of pain.
somehow, electrode doesn't fucking DIE from the super effective attack but it's clearly very beat up, so archie returns it back to its ball. he would like to throw out muk and let the swamp boys commune for fun, but that ground typing... sigh. there's a clear hesitation as he decides how to deal with this (or maybe he's just making up for sharpedo already being out), eventually deciding on the shark. he grabs his mega anchor dramatically-- sharpedo already knows what's up. it dives down into the water and jumps up as the mega evolution energy encapsulates it to release it into its new form. it roars as it breaks through the barrier while archie laughs loudly, clearly enjoying this.]
Waterfall!