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 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:31 am
Before Tro could follow up with his next move, his opponent was suddenly airborne! Well, as airborne as someone with their leg locked against a tikbalang's side could be. Tro chided himself, he should have been faster, but this was just testament to the reaper's speed and agility. He'd have to kick it up a notch when he had a chance.
Right now, the particular counter Shun was making felt strangely familiar. Which one of Tro's uncle in the herd liked to perform that exact same move? Tito Boy? Tito Boyette? Tito Vic? Tito Joey? It was instincts that had Petro angling his head towards the blow, meeting it straight on with his forehead, hardened from countless headbutts from his Tita Girlie over the years. He heard a sharp crack at the collision, saw a small cluster of stars briefly wink before his eyes, and when he felt the light throb of pain he remembered it was Tito Rosario.
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:29 am
With his foot being headbutted, Shun felt it go numb with pain as he did not expect Tro to counter like that. Normally people would try to avoid it... rather than taking the hit head on... literally. The blow threw him off too, making him mess up his landing and hitting the ring mat with a thud.
Between being dazed from the fall and having his one leg still caught by the other boy, he didn't move for a moment or so there. Groaning, he shook his head, trying to shake off the feeling of being stunned.
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:42 am
It was only when Petro heard the sound of a body thudding against the mat did he realize it was Shun that had fallen on the mat. The blow the horse boil took head on must have been harder than he first thought if he needed this much time to figure out what had happened. Well, he'd gotten the ground part of his favorite combination out of the way.
Time to bring on the pound!
He raised his leg off the floor and it was obvious he was intending to bring his heel down on Shun's free leg. He radiated no intent of breaking bone, but if Shun didn't do something, it was still likely to hurt.
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:49 am
Managing to get his senses back, Shun realized that his leg was still being held. He was going to need to break free if possible. Right now Petro had that sort of leverage over himself which wasn't ideal in the slightest.
Seeing the other boy bring up his leg, the reaper brought his own back to avoid getting stomped on before kicking out at one of Tro's legs. He was trying to either knock him back or possible trip him if possible. But he had a feeling that it'd take more than one strike.
Which was fine with him.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:45 am
The first strike, Tro managed to take. He'd been on the receiving end of harsher kicks before, usually involving hard, solid hooves, sometimes even steel. Though given the awkward position he had the Reaper in, the horse boil had to give credit where credit was due. But then came the second kick. It was the third that reminded Petro of the precision Shun had been hitting the bag with just moments ago. And when he felt a blow meet the back of his knee, his joint flowed with the movement and sent him off balance.
The grip he had on Shun's leg, however, remained persistently present. If anything, his fall had him gripping the reaper's ankle in an even firmer hold as Petro twisted his body while at the same time forcing the other boil's foot to hyper-extend. There was the heavy thud of the horse boil's shoulder meeting the mat.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:57 am
Seeing the boy begin to fall over, Shun was prepared to try and scramble back to his feet. However, Petro still had a pretty firm grasp on his foot, dragging him a bit as he fell. Gritting his teeth as he was practically held in a sort of ankle lock, he could feel the pressure being applied pretty hard onto the joint. If he wasn't careful, he might end up severely injuring himself.
He wasn't willing to tap out right now, though,
Tensing up, he took in a breath before raising his free leg and trying to slam it down onto Tro's midsection. He needed to get him to let go one way or another.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:25 am
On the mat, the horse boil turned onto his back with the intention to make the hold more painful. Petro wasn't intending on seriously injuring the other boil. But then again, he wasn't holding back either because, well, the monster horse knew he would be insulted if he found out his opponent wasn't taking this seriously.
Spar or not.
With both arms focused on the captured leg, Petro suddenly felt Shun's free leg slam hard onto his diaphragm, robbing him of breath, and the ability to hold on.
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Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:37 am
Finally, Shun felt a sense of relief in his foot, but not before a fair amount of pressure was laid onto his ankle. Quickly retracting his leg as he was released, the Reaper scooted back before trying to scramble back onto his feet. Grimacing, he found that having his foot captured like that for so long took its toll.
Gritting his teeth, he brought his hands back up while trying to mask the fact that he couldn't put as much weight onto his right foot right now. He'd have to be careful with his movements now. No doubt, his maneuverability was cut down a fair amount because of this.
In the meantime, he used this moment to just kind of regather himself.
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 3:11 am
The blow to his midsection wasn't something the horse boil could simply shake off. Though winded, Petro forced himself back onto his feet, trying to catch his breath. Back to square one, it seemed. Shaking his head and breathing in deep, he decided not to wait around to see what the reaper boil would do next. Square-root brows knitted together as Tro kicked off the mat to charge right at Shun again.
Square one? Naw. This was round two!
Closing the distance between them, Petro swiftly launched into a kick aimed at the reaper's torso. Payback, perhaps?
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:10 am
His opponent certainly didn't waste time before starting up the action again. Seeing Tro charge once more, Shun tried to prepare himself and started to shift to the side. As the monster's leg came to to kick, he found that he wasn't really able to move out of the way fast enough any longer, especially when he felt a bit of pain spiking up from his ankle.
Instead, he tensed up, bringing up his arm to take the brunt of the blow, though the amount of power Petro had in his kick was enough to practically make his arm go numb. If that had actually gotten his torso, it probably would have been bad news. Gritting his teeth and letting out a hiss, he pressed forward to try and punch his opponent in the solar plexus with his right.
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:21 am
Petro gave a grunt as his instep collided with Shun's arm, a square-root brow quirking slightly as he landed from the kick. He was mildly surprised that the other boil opted to block as opposed to avoiding the blow altogether. Having never fought with a non-tikbalang before, the impact left him slightly off-balanced, there was just something about the reaper's bones and muscles. A difference in density, perhaps? He didn't have time to further ponder on the why as Shun's fist was fast approaching his body.
Not wanting to feel another body-blow from the reaper, Tro shifted his weight to side-step the attack, realizing midway that he wouldn't be able to completely dodge. He brought his own arm up in an attempt to deflect Shun's punch away, hopefully forcing the reaper to open himself up for a counter.
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:29 am
Shun gritted his teeth as he saw his attack knocked to the side. However, he tried to keep up with his momentum and as his arm was knocked away, the Reaper quickly turned his body to try and send his elbow straight into Petro's ribcage. His ankle didn't like this maneuver all too much, but he did what he could to ignore its protests against having weight being placed onto it and moving all around.
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:44 am
Undoubtedly, if Shun's ankle hadn't been in the bad shape Tro had put it in, the horse boil would have felt that elbow. He dropped low, felt the air sharply displace overhead, the blow thankfully avoiding his mane (bad things would have happened otherwise) by a hair's breadth. His right leg shot forward, trying once again to down the reaper, this time with a sweeping kick.
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 9:54 am
Rather than feeling any impact, Shun noticed his elbow hitting nothing but empty air. And the next thing he noticed was that his feet were being knocked out from under him. Hitting the mat with a thud for the second time, he let out a grunt before trying to see if he could roll away from Petro in the meantime.
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:00 am
Tro quickly pulled his leg back just as Shun fell. Kicking off the mat with the balls of his feet, the horse boil was briefly airborne. He had to be if he wanted to make an elbow drop onto the downed reaper. He only hoped Shun wouldn't be able to roll away in time to avoid it.
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