Welcome to Gaia! ::

Is that so? Hmm...

He pondered for a moment, and then realized that this place would be a good area to test his abilities, without relying on much more electrical power than a charge and the influence of magnetism. In short, an opportunity to fight physically instead of mentally.

Well, if we must, we must. What do you call yourself?

My name is Ferrex Valkova Ephemeron. But, please, since we're going to become quite familiar, you can call me Ferrex.

He smiled and put his hand out to the side, whereupon a single electric bolt contacted the "floor," and after the light faded, the Ranseur de la Tormenta was stabbed into the ground about 2 inches deep. He retreived it, and held it comfortably at his side.

Well then, I suppose we should begin then? I have much better things to do than to remain HERE all day.

Hmm hmm hmm... Don't expect an easy checkmate...

He cracked a slight smile and took a slight bow of respect, and jumped backwards before hiding the rear tip of his weapon under his cape and making a few quick motions with his hands, as well as a quick tap to his left side.

All ready.
Did you remember to eat a good breakfast?
Niru, unless it's an emergency, leave this one to me. I don't know anything about this Ryugi, and I don't want you getting hurt.


He picked up his weapon, and took a defensive stance, his arm out, the palm of his hand facing Ryugi, and his fingers spread.

Your move, now...

He was surprised at the apparently burgeoning strength of his opponent, and took a quick jump backward before jumping up vertically into the air, grabbing onto a jutting pole on a building and swinging himself around for a moment, then springing off downward, now heading for the same position as Ryugi, but having calculated his jump carefully.

Fancy indeed, but life isn't all show.

He began falling, and smiled as he saw the precision of his calculations, seeing that Ryugi was about to contact the ground, knowing that he was about to fall soon after him, and only slightly above him.

Ferrex had not expected this at all, and knew he had to think quickly. While he couldn't react, he could still prepare, and so he did. As he fell, he quickly bent his torso forward, throwing his weapon a slight distance away behind him, away from Ryugi, and used that momentum to continue turning his body, his feet once again being the closest thing to the ground, but not at a correct angle to jump back and away, and so when he "jumped" upon impact, his feet basically slid out from under him, causing him to fall flat on his back. He knew that he had only moments to recover, and so slowly began to rise from the ground, to meet the undesirable fate.

Ferrex seemed to stare at the man in front of him with a look of disbelief, but then slowly turned to a respectful smile and a nod.

Ehh... Thank you... I'll try to be quick.

He could feel the embarassment welling up as he slowly made his way over to his weapon, which lay dusty on the ground until he lifted it, and the dust seemed to float off and to the ground. As he took a moment to crack his back and stratch his legs a little, he struck a diffent pose, this time with his weapon in hand as he stood in a less offensive pose.

Be careful!! sad
I'm alright, Niru. Now, please. Go and sit somewhere safe.
Okay, Ferr...

The small creature slowly floated up and took a seat on a slab of concrete about 10 feet away from the two fighters.

Go for it! The little fairy shouted with an enthusiastic shake of her arm.

Upon hearing his opponent's words, he began to dash forward at his full running speed, and then jumped up slightly, basically flying straight forward, and his eyes flashed yellow for a moment before a small crackle was sighted on his palm, and the ranseur began to spin quickly in front of him like a metallic circle perpendicular to the length of his body, without him physically grasping it, and then he landed and continued running, simply using his hands for balance as he ran, the weapon still spinning with great speed as he closed the distance between he and Ryugi.

Once again, so it seemed, even basic fighting proved to be pointless. As he felt the pull on his scarf, he knew he was once again in real trouble. But, this time, Ryugi had been the one to believe that he had it made.

When Ryugi pulled his scarf, and caused him to fall backwards, Ferrex used the little bit of time that he had to his advantage, and altered the spin of his weapon, unleashing the hidden weapon within it: A launcher of small, metallic spheres.

As he began to fall, he had the weapon change to spinning parallel to the width of his body, and as the butt end of the weapon passed toward his opponent, a total of about 3 times in the short period, it fired one ball per pass, sending 3 projectiles heading in his direction.

Now, that still left the matter of the falling part. However, contradictory to Ryugi's belief, the amount of momentum that Ferrex had built up from his running was a bit more than would be easily stopped by the grabbing of his cape. In fact, this would either result in the cape slipping right out of Ryugi's hands, or, if the small moon clip on his cape held, the breaking of Ferrex's neck. In this case, however, the cape held fast for a moment, putting a rather uncomfortable jerk on Ferrex's neck, but then the clip broke at the point at which it held the ends together, sending Ferrex forward again, but with a slower speed.

This did not, however, come without consequence. His momentum was now offset, as well as his balance, and as a result, he fell on the ground on his side, rolled and bumped across the ground for a few feet, and then lied still, slowly rising again, his weapon impaled into the ground five feet to his left.