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"Alright, let's get spaced out a bit here." Will said.
Everyone shuffled around until they were all roughly equidistant.
"Okay, on three everyone." Will said. He whipped his sword down and held it at a middle stance with both hands. "One."
Yazira stood steady, her blades held low at her sides.
"Two."
TJ held her shield up and kept her sword back. She glanced both ways, Will on one side and Mathias on the other.
"Three."
At the sound of the word the ring burst into motion. Will and Yazira, who had not so much as glanced at each other before the match began, darted across the space separating them and clashed together. Her twin scimitars scythed in a flurry of sweeping attacks and parries. Will directed his own sword from in close. He kept on hand at the top of the handle and one at the bottom and shifted the angle of the blade around to catch his opponents attacks. When he saw the slightest opening in her guard he pivoted his grip and sent the end of the long blade swinging in at her. The sound of ringing steel was nearly continuous.
TJ, seeing that Will and Yazira were currently engaged decided to pursue the stranger of the group. She moved towards the center of the ring, careful not to get caught up in the melee on her right, and arced around Mathias to continue on towards Drustwn. Once she had a straight shot at him she charged in, leading with her shield, intending to bash his sword out of the way and close with her own shorter blade.

TJ saw the foot coming and hopped into the air to allow it to pass underneath her. She brought her sword up to her right and held it at the ready, anticipating a swing from Drustwn's sword. She had been hopping that Mathias would follow in going against the unknown Hunter. Apparently she had miscalculated.
Will had been watching as Mathias approached Yazira from behind and been trying to do his best not to reveal that the other Hunter was there. He watched as her eyes widened in surprise as she took a boot in the back. Will quickly repositioned his sword into a stabbing position.
As Yazira was knocked forward she lunged to catch her footing and threw he twin scimitars into a flurry of swings that seemed unintended to actually hit anything and more meant to simply scare an opponent away from the wildly swinging weapons. It worked. Will knew he could not hold his position without taking a hit from those blades and so he retreated a step.
Yazira resecured her footing and turned sideways so that she could keep a weapon towards both of her foes. Will darted in to press the attack with her attention divided. The single blade she had on his side snaked forward, and will was suddenly put on the defensive with a series of rapid parries as she surprised him with a sequence of quick strikes from unexpected angles.
Will had never sparred with Yazira before and himself chastising himself for underestimating her. He had not expected her to be able to divide her attention and still go on the offensive the way that she was.
Serves you right. He thought to himself.

TJ fell back under the onslaught. Her shield held before her she all but cowered under the attack, quickly realizing that she was completely outmatched in swordsmanship.
Time to change the rules a little...
TJ darted back, putting some distance between her and Drustwn. She sheathed her sword and released the handle of her shield so that it hung from her wrist by its straps. She held her hands in close and used the blades on the tips of her thumbs to slice open the tips of her index and middle fingers. The blood immediately began to flow and she flung her hand out and down, spattering drops of blood across the ground in front of her. Where they struck smoke sprang up, puffing up into a vision obscuring cloud.
TJ stepped into the cloud of smoke and off to one side. Hoping that Drustwn wouldn't be able to sense her presence while within it.

Will Was putting his weapon through a series of blocks and parries at angles that he had never attempted before, and finding that it was not so hard as he had thought that it might be. If Yazira had been able to focus her full attention on him he might be in trouble, but against only one of her blades he could hold his own.
Will stepped forward, confident that he could continue to defend and perhaps even launch a few attacks of his own when suddenly Yazira caught his blade in a lock, as opposed to the series of rapid strikes she had been executing. Will looked across the dark complexioned woman and saw that she had done the same to Mathias. She pressed her blades against both of theirs. Will pressed back, not to about to be outdone. Suddenly Yazira took a step straight back and twisted her blades around so that both of them crossed over her body. Will, who had been pressing against her attack was caught off guard and was forced to step forward to keep his balance. He now found himself directly in front of Mathias. Yazira had darted back out of reach and Will was unsure how Mathias would react to this new situation. So he decided to take the initiative, and lauched a cross body slash at the young Hunter.

TJ continued through the smoke, casting more droplets of blood as she went to build the smoke could up even greater. She moved with her weight on her toes, trying to make no noise as she stepped about. She heard as Drustwn cast something metallic into the smoke cloud. She sliced the third finger on her right hand and sucked the drop of blood that welled up there. Within moments all of her sliced fingertips had healed closed again. Taking up her sword and shield again she readied herself to begin hunting her opponent.
TJ moved through the cloud, hoping for a sound from Drustwn, but not hearing any. As she took a step her toe made contact with one of the metallic objects he had cast out, making a high ringing sound as it bounced away. TJ leapt back, unsure of exactly what it was and knowing that she had just given Drustwn an approximate location on her. She held up her shield and sword, preparing for the assault she was sure would soon arrive.

Seeing Mathias duck behind his shield in anticipation of his slash Will quickly reined in his sword but continued the momentum of the attack and spun 270 degrees and threw a right roundhouse kick directly into the center of the shield. Will landed with his right foot forward brought his blade up and pivoted to his right. Just in time too. Yazira darted back in to attack William and he only just managed to interpose his weapon between her seeking scimitars. He was put immediately on the defensive. She had him off balance and he was barely able to keep his blade dancing between her own and staving them off from finding his flesh. Despite his best, and frantic, efforts he quickly collected a series of shallow slashes on his forearms.

TJ heard the rustle of clothes and instantly realized her mistake. When she had bumped the coin, Drustwn had been at her back. When she darted back she had actually moved closer to him. She spun around in time to catch a boot on the edge of her shield. She was unprepared and the powerful blow slammed her shield back into her body. She rocked back a step and, stunned, was only able to watch as the sword descended at her while her arms were flailing for balance at her sides.

Again Will saw as Mathias came rushing into the battle. He decided that their three person battle was just getting confusing and it was time to cut his losses, for now at least. Will rushed in against Yazira's blades locking them up between them, and pivoted the two of them around so that Mathias would be approaching from behind and slightly to one side of Yazira. Then just as the younger Hunter was about to collide with them he darted back and took off for the other side of the ring.

TJ was close enough to Drustwn that she could make him out through the smoke, and was able to clearly see the sword descending on her. She also saw as, at the last second, he turned the blade to the side.
The blade slammed down across her body igniting a line of pain down her chest and torso. TJ collapsed to one knee and managed to bring her shield up as she gasped through the pain. She reached her right thumb around the handle of her sword and sliced open er first two fingers with her thumb talon. As the blood welled up there she willed it to change into a paralyzing toxin.
She jumped back to her feet and rushed in at Drustwn, swinging her sword at him, which caused droplets of her blood to fly from her fingertips as she did.

Yazira was thrown from her feet by the force of the rookie Hunter crashing into her from behind. She managed to tuck her shoulder down and turn it into a roll, mostly dispersing the force of her impact with the ground. She continued the roll until her feet were under her again then rose and pivoted around. She had her arms held out to her sides, her swords parallel to the ground.
Will seemed to have abandoned his fight with her in favor of easier prey, and Yazira decided she had had about enough of this upstart Hunter catching her from behind. She started to approach him, one slow step at a time. Both blades were ready to fly into action in an instant.

Will rushed across the ring to find that there was a smoke cloud obscuring a large portion of that side. He did not see TJ or the older Hunter, Drustwn, anywhere. If he listened he could make out the sounds of feet scuffing the floor, exerted breathing, and weapons swishing through the air. They were in there somewhere. Will readied his sword, holding the handle low and keeping the blade vertical in front of him. Slowly, he advanced into the cloud.

TJ's attack missed as the, obviously, experienced Hunter dodged. She continued the movement into a twirling step that carried her past the man and had her facing him again from off to one side of him. She was able to tell that her toxins had made contact by the fact that one of his arms now hung limp.
She squeezed the handle of her sword as hard as she could, causing the blood from her fingertip to well out and begin running down her hand and the handle of the sword. She then swung her hand out at Drustwn, casting little red droplets at him. Not even waiting to see if they made contact she stepped back through the smoke until she couldn't see him anymore, then started running as silently as she could, attempting to get around and dart in to attack from an unexpected angle.
She angled back towards where she had last seen Drustwn and darted through the smoke. Seeing the shape of the swordsman ahead she rushed in with her sword prepared and her shield ready in case of a counterattack.
Which is when she kicked another of those damn coins. The figure ahead of her spun towards her and she was barely able to interpose her shield in front of the long sword that flashed through the smoke towards her. The impact reverberated through her arm and she found her shield locked against the blade of William's sword.

Yazira saw the stab attack coming and stepped slightly to her left as her right scimitar came up to catch the sword and deflect it harmlessly past her. She lashed out with her left-hand scimitar, turning the blade flat and intending to smack the younger Hunter upside the head with it.