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"Diablos? Is that his name? Uuuh oooh weeeeee..." Dahn lifted his hands and waved them in the air, all the while trying to make his best ghost imitation. He stopped after a bit and started to chuckle. "Yeah, that guy got all scared when I didn't die, and he ran away. Keheheh, swear to God, though, even if I were to use a summoning, man, I'd use something manly. Like, someone copies of yours truly, or at least Leviathan, you know? Not some, cheap video game wannabe from a game no one ever played..."
He smirked and rubbed the top of his nose before proclaiming, "I am Dahn Hibiki, and as a Hibiki, I... Am.... GAAAAWD!" As he raised his hands into the air, he dropped his fire materia and lit his sandals on fire. The shock and pain made him kick them off before throwing a wild flurry of kicks into the air to try and get it off his socks and pants. "God, dammit, not again!"

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After they had set all their belongings in their hotel room, they headed out for the square at which they would soon be fighting. Jhay, in his absent mindedness, never really found out at the very least what type of tournament it was going to be. To the best of his knowledge, there were at least three types, and he wasn't sure whether or not this would be one he would specialize in. He looked to his parents, both on either side of him, and both looking like they might join on in.
His curiosity started to peak, and he finally asked, "Mom, Ma, are... Are you two going to join the tournament?"

"Hell's to the yes my son," Lillith said as she cracked her knuckles together. "We didn't come to Del Sol just to swim and make out when you're not looking, no... We came, to fight!"

Jhay chuckled a bit, remembering again why she was the dad. She was a weird Bi-Polar, either the quiet, nice, and happy school teacher, or the pissed off, pervy, and fight happy vigilante he grew to know and love. Same went for his mom, Lee Qua, though she showed her tough side maybe once every once in a while as Lillith's was almost daily.
He sighed, thinking about how if they won, that they would steal attention away from the saikyo school. Still, he should have noticed they were ready to fight; Lillith was wearing her green combat vest, black belly shirt and ragged black cargo pants while Lee wore her black karate gi with the blue accents and the arm with the merin tattoo exposed. "Wow... How did I not notice that till now, seriously?"

Lee scratched her head as she looked at the map and sighed. "Man, even if we do find this tournament ground, what in sin's name are we gonna do, eh? We don't even know what's going to happen, you know? No time to prepare, no knowledge of the enemy, no anything, man..."

"Well, that adds to the excitement, right? But, we might as well ask around for the grounds. Jhay, got an idea?"

He looked back up and thought for a second before he took in a deep breath. Later, he yelled, "HEY! WHO THE HELL HERE KNOWS WHERE IN THE BLOODY HELL THIS TOURNAMENT IS!"

After he yelled, though, he got smacked upside the head with his father's karate chop and his mother gave him a heavy dead leg. "God dammit Jhay!"


(Oi, Chris, what are the types of tournaments again? Can't find them in the info page...)

((You can do a basic martial arts tournament.. but i dont have tournaments listed yet because when i start listing em.. you can actually get gaia items and gold from me if you win the match.))

(Well, it makes sense then... They don't know where it is, because it's not in Costa Del Sol, it's outside of it.... Shaaa... Make it a lazy rule of mine to not read post unrelated to my characters, so I know only what they should know.)


After a few wayward glances of the trio, the shop elderly vendor next to them spoke softly. "Well, if you are looking for this tournament, then it's a little ways outside of Costa Del Sol, actually. It's not too far from here, and should be somewhere in that direction," he said, pointing towards the area of the battle field.
"Why, thank you... Man, you don't know how much we appreciate this!" said Lillith, elated with the fact that she now knew where they would be able to fight. Her grin almost came off when she saw her son's, and knew what he was about to say. "Don't you say it..."
"What?" asked the boy in fake ignorance.
"I know what you're going to say, and if you don't say it, I'll buy you that composite bow you've always wanted, but if you do, I'll buy it anyway and shoot you, okay?" she threatened.
Jhay gave a little chuckle before he gulped, as he knew full well she rarely lied or gave false threats. "Oh... Okay... Shaaaaoow...."
Lee patter her on the back pretty hard, and then bowed to the vendor. "Thank you Oji-San, we'll be on our way now. Thanks again!"
As the trio passed by, they looked towards their destination. Jhay could only smile in anticipation, and worked so hard not to run. It was a feeling of elation that he got whenever he was going into battle, and he could feel one coming.

A mild beeping was heard coming from Jubei's pda, he looked at it with a shocked expression and left without a single word, too fast for any to follow.

Bane had been asleep on the ground for a while now, sleeping on nothing excapt for his pack which he used as a pillow. He had figured he should rest up for when the fighting began, knowing he would need to be rid of any effects of previous consumed alchohol. Finally he awoke, refreshed, his hang over now completely gone; this was a martial arts tournament, so he had to refresh his memory on the style he had been taught as a kid. He remembered enough of the techniques to be able to easily take down most of the fighters there, though he worried that a few experts would be there that would outmanuver his basic techniques. However Bane rarely any set style and usually did what the situation called for, so it would only help a little to keep those moves in mind.

He practiced his kicks on a nearby tree, making small breaks in the bark here and there due to repeatedly kicking the same spots that would be vital areas on a human. He suddenly lurched foreward and plowed his fist right into the center of, what would be, the trees chest, causing cracks along the protective bark. Bane brought his hands to his hands and sighed a sigh of relief as he sat down, sure that he had prepaired all that he could. He looked over and noticed some last minuet arivals aproaching the camp; it was clear that only one was going to compete, seeing as the two companions were two older women.

Bane looked skeptically at the young man who walked side by side with the women. He looked rather young, and something about him gave Bane the feel that he was rather naieve, however something in his stide gave a feel of power, higher than most all of the fighters here aside from that murderous young man he had met earlier. He could tell that if they faced off it would be an interesting match, and Bane looked foreward to it. He quickly unsheathed one scimitar as he went out into the nearby tree's and looked for some plants that he could eat or use for seasonings. Looking back at the young man with an almost excited smile before his slender figure climbed a tree and began hacking off fruit-bearing branched.

[[Okay Im assuming from Bane's post that at leats in Costa Del sol we are in the next day right?]]

((Almost time for the next day.. neutrals have their event about to start. After its over the next day begins.))
Chris laughed a bit and nodded a bit. And he went ahead and entered the Bistro with her. "Well lets worry about getting some food first?" He said gently laying his hand on her shoulder. With that he went ahead and started for the door and opened it. Though the air seemed tense.

As they were sat down, Chris hid a frown because he noticed something exceptionally quickly. There was a Merizon troop in disguise there. Even if he was missing two years of his life.. he didn't forget the first two years of his exploration. There were many things he discovered about Merizon during his travels.