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"Old man? Sir, I assure you I am quite spry for my age", Gamble would say as he would keep throwing playing cards from his belt in rapid succession. He had quite a few playing decks primed and ready for the throw so unless he spat them out like a machine gun, he wouldn't be running out of them anytime soon. Though despite his offensive stance, Gamble kept a good distance from his opponent, fighting through simple and easily avoidable range attacks. It was a simple and brilliant strategy throughout the ages, reveal your hand slowly, and your opponent would reveal all his moves and strategies, and when in the end they have exhausted all their ammunition, reveal your power and crush them entirely. However if his opponent would simply keep rolling out of the way, Gamble in all the more likelihood would have to change up his strategy. A shame if that be the case, Gamble would hate to use his main style on a simple test of strength, but then again he hasn't had a good challenge for a long time, and he doubted he would get such a challenge from a person who looked like he just woke up after a bad night of Gene-X sickness. Still, this island keeps managing to surprise him in more way than one.

Gamble smirked, fully expecting the change in strategy. It was all part of the test, he lured Hyden into an offensive position by offering a fairly easy opening for Hyden to exploit. He wondered if Hyden thought him of a low fighter's intelligence, since such straight forward and easily avoidable attacks over and over again pointed to a fighter that did not have much experience in the field. Of course it was all a ruse however, Hyden did not know the true intentions of Gamble. He had already tested the waters with how this new student defends and evades, now it was time to see how he actually fought in close quarters. He noticed the rather, zig zaggey, but straightforward approach to his assault, so when he viewed the fist being thrown his way, he implemented a very basic Ta Ji Quan counter. He simply raised his arm up to block the punch, once it connected though, Gamble would step in, immediately prevent any follow up maneuvers that might have come after the punch and slam his body into Hyden, most likely knocking him backwards to the ground, or at the very least catch him off balance. Either way, the ability was a quick one, and once the punch was neutralized he was sure he would be able to get in before a follow up could connect.

Basic form: Grab
Rank E
This is the one of the forms that forms the basis of all attacks in Tai Ji. The user stands in a relaxed stance and raises his right hand. If the opponent throws a punch, the opponent's arm (not fist) will come into contact with the user's arm. The user then brushes the opponent's arm aside, step forwards to close the distance between himself and the opponent, and pushes his body against the opponent's to send him stumbling away, losing his balance.

Gamble just smiled as he watched his opponent do a flip through the air. Quick and light on his feet. Good. He watched him as headed straight towards him again. Gamble knew that he must have a plan in mind, but he was more interested in see what he was going to do than just avoiding it. Just thought out in his mind, Gamble got into a usual Ta Ji Quan stance and waited for him to get close. A cocky smirk across Gamble's face was clearly shown.

Gamble raised on eyebrow as the opponent was trying to...so to speak...Give him the book (ZING!). Casually he just decided to duck, but he realized the fault of that simple dodge a second later, he would mutter to himself, "Oh bugger all", as he let a foot fly into his face knocking him backwards, but as he flew through the air, Gamble quickly thrusted his hands to the to the side, and a large gust of wind directed only at Gamble swept him several yards to the right, giving Gamble enough time to land on his feet. As Hyden would recover himself, Gamble would say, "How troublesome...it seems the wind's must aid me today after all....Oh who am I kidding, I could still continue the fight this way but it wouldn't be nearly as fun".

Western Wind: Push
Rank: D
Description: The user stands up lightly on their toes and points a hand out in one direction. A sudden push of air will then push the user in the opposite direction, allowing them to quickly dodge attacks. Use both hands to push themselves up in the air. 3 post cool down.

Gamble just realized something, his eyes widened and he gawked at the realization. But he had to make sure by asking, "Y...you...You haven't injected the Gene-X have you"? It was sort of an accusing tone, but it was practically suicide to wander around the island without at least stage 1 of your powers. Sub Styles alone aren't usually enough to survive here, and depending on his answer, would decide the outcome of the fight. A person fighting against one who has a Gene-X injected has almost no chance of winning, and Gamble himself hadn't even started getting serious.

Gamble's jaw practically dropped to the ground. The old man did a hard face palm and rubbed his temple muttering to himself, "Why do they always pick me to send me after the ones that are either to weak or to strong....". He stopped rubbing his temple and stared directly at Hyden, sighing heavily. He pointed straight at the dorm tower in the distance saying, "Seriously young man, go to your dorm, and stay there until the Gene-X arrives. Trust me, I am saving your life here. Then when you have at least mastered the first stage of your powers, head to the Abandoned Warehouse outside of the campus, and ask for a man named Tyler. Without your Gene-X your a decent fighter enough, and the Red Suns are always looking for prospective members". With that Gamble slumped into dissapointment and walked off into the forest, but before he got out of sight, he turned around and said, "Oh, it would also be fair to say that you don't have much a choice in the matter. An invitation to the Red Suns isn't lightly thrown aside. Do so at your own peril, and trust me, you don't want the Red Suns as enemies". Finally with those threatening words of caution, Gamble walked into the thick brush.

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