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As Taiyson kept going with his string of punches, the attacks went faster and faster and faster as the seconds ticked by. He was up to about 4 punches per second, and he showed no signs of fatigue. The carnivore was all about being ruthless and not backing down at all. The fatigue would catch up to him after he came back to his senses, but he'd deal with that when he needed to. The chair flew towards Taiyson, and in one fluid motion as if he had practiced it his entire life, he pulled back an arm as if he was going to punch, grabbed the chair and swung it at Isaac. Time remaining: 01:49

Taiyson didn't change the chair's direction. He also didn't try to block anything. Instead, using his free hand, he grabbed the foot that Isaac had aimed at his chin and started swinging him around in a circle, building up momentum, then finally threw Isaac and the chair toward a wall. He roared again, his primal urges shouting in victory at defeating Isaac's plans. Time remaining: 01:21

(Lol I just checked and I did say 'an arm' as in one XD Though I've made the same mistake a few times before, so I know how you feel)

As soon as Taiyson felt the gravity in the room disappear, his pupils changed back to normal and so did his demeanor. Fighting in zero-gravity would take some brains instead of just instinct. Taiyson remembered back to all the planets he'd visited before coming to the academy; a lot of them had lighter gravity than his home world, so he was used to not as much gravity. Of course, zero gravity was a different story, since there was nothing to hold you down. Then he saw Isaac and his swords coming at him again. He didn't want to use his flash step, and since it was only him running as fast as light for a split second, he was pretty sure he couldn't use it, so he did the only thing he could think of: He jumped. He used all the power in his legs and flew upward at an alarming rate. He smashed against the ceiling about half a second after he jumped. Which gave Taiyson an idea. He planted his feet on the ceiling, and shot himself towards the wall in front of Isaac, then shot toward a wall to Isaac's side and launched himself right at Isaac with his fist pulled back to punch. At the speed he was going, if it landed it was going to do serious damage. Time remaining: 00:48

(Right, I keep forgetting you haven't been here long enough to see all of Taiy's fights. He's basically trained his legs so much that his leg strength is unsurpassed, and can run and jump with insane speed and power respectively. Him jumping in zero-gravity basically increased the jumping momentum even more, so he shot off like a rocket, much like his Flash Step would have done if he used it to move behind Isaac, only it was vertical, not horizontal. Also thought that the sword was only at his chest, so I thought jumping would've proved effective. Should've explained that better in the last post, sorry.)

As Taiyson saw Isaac drop to the floor and prepare a strike, his mind drew a blank as to what to do. He was too high off the ground to simply slam his feet down and stop himself from colliding with Isaac, and even if he tried to turn, the gravity was back to normal and he figured it wouldn't do him much good. He blinked as he remembered he could shoot flames from pretty much every part of his body. He'd have to remember to slap himself after the fight for forgetting that. He concentrated a mass of fire in his hands until they were dense enough to hold substance, then fired a continuous stream of them perpendicular to Isaac. He started to turn the opposite way, and managed to barely avoid Isaac and catch the wall as the timer hit 00:00 and the buzzer sounded. Taiyson let out a sigh. 5 minutes wasn't long enough to get some good sparring done. "Nice work, Isaac, you even managed to nick me." He said as he looked at the small hole in his pants and the small bit of blood seeping out of it. "You're in the advanced course. We'll work out a training regiment that suits you." The clock once again reset itself and Taiyson said "Who wants to go next?" He was getting slightly tired, but not everyone had gone yet, and he'd be damned if he didn't finish evaluations today.

"Me." Said the young man who stepped from the crowd. His face was stoic and expressionless, while his eyes were cold. He looked over to Jaster as if he was little more than a bug.

Taiyson grinned as Jaster said he'd fight, but then he heard another of his students speak up. The way student looked at Jaster made his blood boil, but that wasn't all that got his blood going. He felt a power from the student, and that made him want to fight more than anything else. His eyes glowed a blood red the more he thought about the match. "Jaster, I hope you don't mind, but I really wanna fight this guy." He told Jaster. "Trust me, I'll teach this guy a thing or two, so sit tight for a bit. I have a feeling I'll be pressured into using my Weapon Master skill here." He stepped to his side of the ring and motioned for the student who expressed no emotions to step up. "Tell me your name and why you are here. You may also have the first move."

Nier stepped into the arena, completely ignoring Jaster's comment in the process. As he did, Kierie' looked on anxiously in the crowd.
He stepped to the far opposite end of the arena and simply stood their, "I am Nier and I am here for no other reason than to become more powerful."

Nier looked over at Taiyson's shirt and smiled, "I've made the first move, hope you know Curaga." To Taiyson nothing had happened, but the reality of it was thata move had been launched the second Nier stepped foot in the ring.

"Wow. And I thought the first guy in the ring was a cocky douchebag," Isaac muttered aloud, smirking at the newest challenger as he exited the arena. "Good luck, guy. You're gonna need it against him," he said, chuckling. He shook his head as he moved back among the crowds, and then raised an eyebrow at the girl who'd been hanging around the guy, who'd just introduced himself as Nier. "What's that guy's problem? He's kinda making a lousy impression and coming off as a total a*****e," he said, frowning as he crossed his arms. "You his girlfriend or something? Think you could get him to be... You know, more of a decent human being, instead of some cocky douchebag with a lousy attitude?" He said, and then shook his head. "And no, I'm not afraid to say it to his face. As a matter of fact, I'm going to- right after he gets his a** royally handed to him on a silver platter in this match. So don't get me wrong, I'm not bad-mouthing him; I'm legitimately concerned here. Attitudes like his cause a lot of problems, especially with people like me. And if we have problems, that'll get in the way of me getting better. And nothing will stop me from getting better."