Welcome to Gaia! ::

Lvl 6 Stats:

• Physical Strength: 15 (14+1)
  
• Physical Resistance: 12
  
• Magic Strength: 7
  
• Magic Resistance: 10
  
• Action Speed: 8
  
• Evasive Reflexes: 10
  
• Outright Speed: 8
  
• Constitutional Endurance: 13
  
• Energy: 8

[Beast's Castle ~.~ Courtyard]

"This place gives me the creeps," Anthony said as he walked through the large double door entrance and onto the courtyard. The castle was as banged up as it was in the video game. The floors even had the claw marks from the Beast himself as he defended the castle from the Heartless.

Suddenly, the young man felt a chill run up his body, cause the knight to shiver and chatter his teeth. "And it's super cold!" he complained as he wrapped his arms around himself, rubbing his biceps underneath his sleeves to try and keep himself warm.

"Let's hurry this up so I could get back to my warm room and snuggle with my blanket," Anthony state, vocalizing his disinclination to his opponent.

[Beast's Castle ~.~ Courtyard]

"What, what, what, what?!" Anthony repeated quickly once he noticed Dawn dancing. Hoping to to get to her before she could manage to cast anything, the young man mad dashed at her, but he was too late. He attempted to conjure up any of his lightning abilities, but it proved futile. He stopped dead in his tracks and glared at Dawn. "You would...," he muttered, then summoned his gauntlets.

Facing the palms of his gauntlets to the ground, the knight released his chains, which embedded themselves deep within the stone floor, then tugged up, unearthing two large slabs of stone, and launched one slab after the other at Dawn. As the slabs flew forward, the young man charged at the girl, his fist in the air and ready to attack, while his other hand ready to release his chain if needed to.

Mid-charge, Anthony remembered something: he doesn't hit girls! ...well, he doesn't hit them hard. This sudden promptness force the young man to lose focus and stumble, then fall and slide across the floor on his face until he came to a stop. "Ow..." he managed to say as he slowly pushed himself up onto his feet.

Though he stopped himself, there was nothing he could do about the slabs that were still in mid-flight.

[Beast's Castle ~.~ Courtyard]

As soon as Dawn's wind attack carried his body into the air, Anthony extended his chains, which latched onto the ground beneath him, and prevented his body from being tossed aside. Quickly pulling himself back to the ground, he dashed forward again, using the window of opportunity to his advantage.

When close enough, the young man pinned Dawn to the floor, then manifested lightning shackles around her wrists and ankles. If she were to attempt to break free, not only would she take full electrical damage but have a chance of Disable (arms) and Cripple (legs).

The knight pushed himself back up onto his feet, then apologize for his earlier attack. "I'm sorry about the large rock," he said. "I'll be more careful."

[Beast's Castle ~.~ Courtyard]

"This is the only thing I could think of doing without actually hurting you," Anthony said, rubbing the back of his head, feeling silly about his contradiction. "And for the record, I wasn't trying to get fresh or anyth--"

The knight's sentence was cut short as he was suddenly tossed into the air by another of Dawn's attacks. Unprepared, he had no time to react and his body was sent flying up and back into the far wall. He crashed into the wall with a loud thud, followed by a grunt as he fell to the ground. Small chunks of rubble followed and fell around him.

Perhaps the young man should reconsider his stand against hitting women... After all, this is only a friendly battle and Dawn wasn't holding back either.

Anthony hopped back up onto his feet, then dusted himself off, brushing off bits of rubble that were still on his shoulders. "You know," he said loud enough for the girl to hear him. "I think I could make an exception. You're kinda like a guy anyway. Maybe I won't feel as bad if I hit you." The young man grinned cheekily after teasing the tessen wielder. In the meantime, however, the girl was still shackled. He wouldn't have to worry about hitting her just yet.

[Beast's Castle ~.~ Courtyard]

"I'd rather not see your breasts, or anything like that," Anthony said, not sure of what Dawn meant by "maybe I should show you." "I mean, I totally believe you. I was just teasing."

Once again, the girl began to dance... The young man had allowed himself to get distracted again and had no time to prevent her movements. This called for a facepalm...

To everyone's surprise, Anthony failed to resist Dawn's charm. Before he knew it, he was curled up on the floor, feeling pain spiking throughout his body. At this point, the young man was beginning to feel angry (not exactly a common emotion, but not one you'd like to see either). Through the pain, the knight began to turn around onto his stomach, his eyes, now fierce and completely coated in white, focused on his opponent. He lifted his hand and pressed the tips of his fingers onto the floor in front of him, and, through bared teeth, grunted two words, "Chain! Lightning!"

Immediately, electricity ran up his arm and into the ground as streaks of lightning shot forth in Dawn's direction. Though he hoped for the attack to connect, all he wanted her to do is to stop dancing. The moment he'd get back onto his feet, he'd clear the gap between the two and make sure he'd never give Dawn another chance to dance ((yes, I'm the rhyme master)).

[Beast's Castle ~.~ Courtyard]

There! An opening! As soon as the pain stopped, Anthony's body became coated in lightning as he rushed to his feet and sprinted towards Dawn while she was momentarily stunned from the previous attack.

As he ran, his speed began to increase. He had used Vehemence. The young man's Physical and Magical Resistance was lowered by 50%, but his Action and Outright Speed was increased by 50%. His present stats are as the following:

Stats after Vehemence:

• Physical Strength: 14 (13+1)
  
• Physical Resistance: 6
  
• Magic Strength: 7
  
• Magic Resistance: 5
  
• Action Speed: 12
  
• Evasive Reflexes: 9
  
• Outright Speed: 12
  
• Constitutional Endurance: 13
  
• Energy: 8

With his increased speed, Anthony was able to clear the gap in no time, and with his improved action speed, the knight would be able to put together longer chains of attacks.

Once close enough, the young man, still blinded by his anger, began to release a barrage of attacks on the tessen-wielder, each attack doing both physical and lightning damage. The knight began with a powerful jab to the girl's stomach, followed by a left hook, empowered by Soul Strike, to the side of the girl's head, which, given his physical strength and the boost of the attack, should've been enough to send the dancer flying; however, Anthony wasn't gonna let her go just yet.

As soon as his last attack connected, the young man immediately extended one of his chains coated in lightning, which wrapped around Dawn's ankle and sent electricity coursing through her body. The sudden jerk of the chain briefly suspending her in mid-air before Anthony flung her body over to his opposite side and slamming her into the ground. Slowly, with a sinister grin on his face, the knight began to retract his chain, reeling in the girl like a fish, and dismissed his other gauntlet and replaced it with a Gigawatt Blade. "Try dancing now," he said through his grin, his voice much deeper and more serious than usual.

If Dawn doesn't manage to escape from his chain, she was in for one shocking surprise.