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Dark had shut his eyes as he leaned against the wall. His foot was still tapping rapidly. When Mira and Stardust came in, he paid them no mind. However, when the female elf (Selene), who seemed to have been missing for some time, walked in, he barely raised his head, just enough to watch her. 'Where has she been this entire time?' He merely shrugged off the question, but he couldn't help himself from being curious about her and her pet.

Siom was caught off guard by her question. Out of all the things she could have said, she questioned about the contents of his hand. "It is merely a shilling of silver." He then spoke under his breath, "Maybe that statement was only understood by humans and dwarves." Releasing the precious metal - letting it sit on the table - he pulled up a seat and rephrased, "I was simply asking what was on your mind." Seeing Mira and Stardust over Anita's shoulder, he called over to them, "Hey! Mira! Why don't you join us? I could use an update on how the battle is going."

Par'il stood there amazed at the force and speed of the combatants. Not being in many fights, and even less that actually had more than one opponent, he really wasn't sure how he would fare in a match like this. It actually made him nervous.

Stardust raised her head up as she heard an unfamiliar voice call to Mira. *Who is that?* Stardust sent to Mira curiously. *That's Siom, he's Kayla's friend.* Mira sent in reply. Stardust looked over at Siom. *He seems nice.* she sent observantly. *Yeah he is. Come with me if you want.*Mira sent back in reply. Stardust nodded once in reply as she got up. Cautiously, she slowly walked towards the table where Siom and Anita were with Mira leading the way. Stardust sat down near Siom, feeling somewhat shy. "Well, seems like Roy and Graff have the advantage by now. Kayla's doing her best against Graff, and Shin-lu is fighting Roy." Mira explained, turning a light blue color.

"Ah, thoughts. I'm not sure exactly what my thoughts are at the moment. They are extremely scattered." She said, watching as the Mira and Stardust came over.

When Shin went to go retrieve the other rapier, it wasn't there where she left it. After the smoke cloud was created, Roy went on all fours, and crawled towards the Rapier that was lost during the struggle. This also meant the arrows missed, however it wasn't bad since it was a blind shot. Roy would feel though the ground to see where Shin was, and when he realize she was coming straight at him looking for her sword she had dropped. He would swing his powerful tail. To Shin, all she would see is smoke until Roy's tail would strike without warning in attempts to hit her with a powerful swing. Roy would then roll out of the smoke cloud with her rapier. He stood there, holding it.

"Remarkable craftsmanship."

He said before he took the rapier and would use all of his physical strength to break it over his knee, and if that didn't work, he would hold it up and punch straight though it to break it. Roy's hand would be sore but Shin would be left with only one sword, making her tunnel fire technique only 50% effective if that. Roy would now glare over at Shin as the smoke cloud would began to leave, revealing what had happened.

((Basically, while I created a smoke and dust cloud My character was on his hands and feet. Crawling though it, he was originally going for your sword in the first place so by the time you fired those arrows it was a miss, plus it was a blind shot.

Second, I could feet your vibrations as you got closer to me, so when you tried to go for your sword I was already there holding it, so I attempt to whack you with my powerful tail before leaving by rolling out.

I then tried and break it, which is capable considering my physical strength.))

((just a little constructive criticism before my post:
1. please be more specific on the raidus of the cloud of dust. From your last description, I thought it would only surround Shin-lu and Roy at that time and not extend to the sword which is kicked all the way to the arena wall.
2. How can you feel vibrations from shin-lu? She's not a heavy bull, she's a lightweight halfing. And I thought the arena was a dirt floor like rome gladiator collsieums, so there's wouldn't be much vibration anyway. Sound vibrations would've been passable, but still odd since why would Roy have the foresight to put his head to the ground anyway.
3. Do you have to post so many actions at once? Most of the duels I see go action by action so that it doesn't seem as if one person is controlling the entire fight and it makes it easier to tell which actions happen at which time. Not saying that I don't like your detailed actions and your choice of moves, but half of actions get wasted when I decide to dodge or go a different route than what you are setting up.))

Shin-lu noticed that some of the smoke began moving. Smoke tended to do that when large movement was happening. from this, she got the instinct to throw herslef back, short of getting hit by Roy's tail as as jumped back until she was completely out of the smoke.

Shin-lu then watched as the smoke cleared and Roy was trying to punch her rapier, the rapier only bending and snapping back at him in return. Shin-lu let out a laugh as she watched. "Ummm...yeah, it is nice craftsmenship...ever think why I never carry spares?"

~Flashback~

Shin-lu was kneeling japanese style in front of her master, Ruri. It was the ceremony to let all the students know they had met their master's expectations to leave the dojo. Oddly enough, Shin-lu could only remember herself and Ruri there, although there were more than one pairs of swords (FORESHADOWING!!!). Ruri stepped forth, holding two swords wrapped in a black cloth.

"Shin-lu, my student. Look up." Shin-lu did so. "In my hands I hold the swords you will now use forevermore once you leave this room. I can't tell you how to use them or what cause to put them to, but that's your call. And here we respect that." Ruri then undid the cloth to reveal two rapiers.

Shin-lu's eyes were teary as she reached out and took hold of them and admired them. "So they're mine?"

Ruri nodded. "Yes, and as with all our weapons, we got them made special. These are of course adamantine based, but also the enchantment should make it unbreakable to-"

"OMIGOSH OMIGOSH! YOU GOT ME BLESSED UNBREAKABLE-ENCHANTED ADAMANTINE!!!" Shin-lu squealed as she jumped up and down. Ruri answered with a quick thwack from her staff that sent Shin-lu collapsing to the floor.

Ruri moved so she was standing next to Shin-lu's head. "This is a sacred time, please keep your antics to a minimum." She muttered as she continued. "And no, the rapiers do not contain the unbreakble spell. They're made of adamantine that has been laced with the Rubber enchant spell."

"....the Rubber enchant..." Shin-lu frowned. Rubber spell was pretty much the poor man's unbreakable. They had mostly the same effect, but rubber enchanted items had a few flaws such as elasticity, so they couldn't be used to hold up enormous amount of weight.

Ruri nodded. "Did you serously think you were THAT good here!? But I got you the rubber enchant, because you kept breaking the practice swords because you were too wild, so I had to at least get you that!" Ruri sighed as she walked back to the front of the room and reached for the set of scarlet-colored blades...

~End Flashback~

Shin-lu fired arrows once more at Roy, but while they seemed to be heading for him, she was trying more for either his armor straps or her rapier's handle. After all, disrespect for the sword was disrespect to her too.

((Since you already replied to my last post, rather than edit it how about I just go with what we agreed on for now on with one action per post. Another thing, I only have ONE piece of armor strapped on me, the rest if my scales, since I am a dragonborn. So my scales are already extremely tough and durable, but because I have a bit more protective layers I am alot heavier. Ill wait for you and the others.))

Graff keep pounding on Kayla trying to break his defense, "... come on Kayla, I can do this all day long....!!! this is fun!!! but dont blame me if I break you some bones... I cant control my own strenght!!!" Graff keep hammering at Kayla, but then begin to move his feet to throw a kick.