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 Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 8:22 pm
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Located in an open-roof stadium is the ring where the first round fights will be taking place. The sound of wild cheering from the many fans that have congregated here fill the arena in a loud uproar as cameras zoom in on the action to broadcast the fights all over the world. The floor of the arena is a glossy hard floor with the logo of GTB painted in purple and pink upon the white sheen. Field Measurements: The fighting area is a perfect circle with a 50 yard diameter. The walls that keep the fighters away from the spectators are raised up to ten feet. Ten Count Boundary: The ten count begins whenever the fighter is knocked out of the bounds of the fighting area, such as into the spectator seats. The flying count out is also in effect, which means, if you stay above ground by your own will for more than ten seconds, you will be DQ'd. Fight Ends: After 11:59 PM on Jun 22nd. That means when it becomes Jun 23rd, fights are over.
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:15 am
As the crowd sat there waiting for one of the fighters to appear.....they would have to wait a little bit longer. As a few more minutes passed, the people in the crowd started to talk among themselves. Then all of the sudden music started to play over the speakers. I wanna rock! (Rock!) I wanna rock! (Rock!) I want to rock! (Rock!) . That's right. It was a I Wanna Rock from Twisted Sister. The first I wanna rock went by and when the second Rock after the second I wanna rock came up, Archie jumped out of the entrance of his gate, companyed by smoke. The crowded went into a roar as he threw his hands up into the air and looked around.
Making his way out to the center of the arena, Archie looked cool. He bobbed his head to the song as it played and even some Twisted Sister fans started to sing out. This was Archie at his best. He was charismatic, cunning, and could sell ten bags of suger to a diabetic. Stopping at the middle of the arena, the song died down, but the crowd didn't right away. It seemed like Archie was the first to arrive to the battle. Which he was fine with. Wearing his normal get up, he had all his bells and whistles. Some of them would be hidden though while others, like his side handled batons, where not. He looked around ast he roar died down. Now, he would just have to stand there and wait.
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:04 am
The noise of the crowd died down, thousands of beady eyes centered on the door opposite of Archie's entrance. Every single breath in the stands was bated, hearts racing in the silence of the arena. After a few painful moments of anxiety, the door slid open, billowing with clouds of smoke.
As the smoke cleared, the crowd would notice that the one who came through the door was... no one! It was empty!
The audience went into a wild commotion, arguing amongst themselves. They came all the way out here and paid for overpriced tickets because they wanted to see a fight!
"HA HA HA HA! WIPEOUT!"
The crowd was caught astray as the speakers boomed with the Beach Boys, looking around confusedly. If that was a fighter's entry music, then where was the fighter?
A powerful western wind began to blow, making most of the audience hold onto their hair and hats. Something could be seen just over the top of the stadium.
"Up there!" a few in the stands shouted, and pointed to the skies.
It was Stella Gale, surfing over the tall west wall of the arena. Balanced to hang ten on the edge of a giant, open fan, she soared just over the heads of the crowd, skillfully riding her fan like a surfboard on the wind.
The crowd cheered and roared in excitement as she flew, quieting only as she began to descend to the stone arena below. Stella crouched on her fan to grab an end before sliding off onto the arena, across from Archie.
With a swing of her arm, Stella's fan closed shut, and she locked in the tiny surfing fin on it's underside. The blonde fae grinned as she looked at Archie, her ears wiggling with anticipation. Dressed in a cut-off blue shirt and jeans, she cocked her head back slightly, leaning on her 4-foot-tall fan.
"You ready to get this thing started, dude?"
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:28 am
With the crowd failing silent, there would be a slight pause and then the sounds of another old but classic song filled Archie's ears. Wanting to almost dance a little, he held off the urge and looked over in the direction of the other fighters gates. The doors opened, smoke filled the air, and then there was......NOTHING? Archie stood there almost reaching up to scratch his head when he saw that there was no opponent there. Looking around, he saw that the crowd was as displeased as he was with this.
Finally, all of the sudden, a blast of wind filled the arena, forcing Archie to hold onto his hat. The wind whipped his trench coat up a little bit reveling a two foot black rod attached inside, but with his opponent surfing around on a giant fan, it would probably go unnoticed.
As she came to a stop on the arena floor, all Archie could really do first thing was clap. He loved a good show and was already thinking about what he might be up against. Looking across the gap between them, which was about 20 feet, Archie smiled and gave the lady a tip of his hat after she spoke. "Indeed I am. Lets give these people a good show." His voice was as calm and as charming as ever. He decided that he would start off with his batons. They were after all his favorite weapon. Reaching down with each hand, he grabbed onto the ends and pulled them up. Letting go for just a second, he grabbed onto the side handles. Spinning both batons in his fingerless gloved hands, he let them come to rest so that the longer part of the batons were parallel with his arms. Smiling he started to bounce on the balls of his feet, waiting for his opponents next move.
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Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:53 pm
In the silent stillness that the arena had become, Stella's attention was taken by the lone clapping of her opponent. Gracefully, the Summer Fae bowed her head in thanks for his kind applause. Stella's own unique version of windsurfing seemed to be surefire appeal to the crowd.
While leaning on her fan with one arm, she rolled the opposite palm of her hand along her forearm, feeling the smoothness of the string of pearls that was wrapped around it. Stella had three of these long strings-- one on each arm, and one wrapped loosely around her neck. The smooth touch of the pearls seemed to calm the fae's brief nerves. Enigma20 "Indeed I am. Lets give these people a good show."
"Exactly what I was thinkin'," Stella answered, with a charismatic wink. Rolling back her shoulders and giving her chest a readied shimmy, the Fae's ocean-blue eyes were centered on Archie.
"Letting me have the first go, are you? Quite the gentleman," Stella commented, as she took a single side-step closer to her opponent. "Have at you, then!"
A charge! Stella took off directly toward Archie, holding her large Tessen Fan with both hands on her right side. Feeling the wind under her stride, Stella's heels hardly grazed the ground, bounding quickly from sole to sole on the balls of her feet. It seemed as if the wind was making Stella go faster than she was naturally able.
As soon as the end of her Tessen Fan would be in reach of his skin, Stella swung forward, sweeping with her closed metal fan from (Stella's) right to left, trying to bludgeon Archie from his left shoulder. She swung it as if it were a baseball bat, pivoting on her feet as she nearly slid by his side on the arena floor.
[Post 1]
Synopsis:
Stella charged towards Archie, using minor wind manipulation to make her run quickly.
Stella swung her closed Tessen Fan at Archie, hoping to bludgeon his left shoulder.
Equipment Remaining:
Strings of Pearls- 3
Fireworks- 8
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:17 am
Damn this chick was fast. Or she at least gave the illusion that she was fast. Giving off a small smile, Archie started shifting his body from side to side, while still bouncing on the balls of his feet, looking like he was going to jump to the side, as his opponent ran. "Which way am I going, which way am I going." Giving off a small laugh it was time to make his move, seeing that she was making her own.
As the giant fan started to move Archie was starting a shift to his right, and with that a small correction would be made. Shifting his weight just enough, he would use the force of her blow to get him in front of her. As the swing came up, Archie lifted his left arm in the air with the baton still against it. BANG! The two objects hit each other.
Because Archie wasn't trying to force a stop, very little of the energy would actually transfer into damage. Instead it would simply transfer into pushing Archie in the path of his opponent. Digging his right foot into the floor, he stopped his moments for the most part. His body would still want to travel, but he would use that for power behind his attack. As his right knee bent, his opponent was right in front of him. "Hello love." Straightening back out his knee, Archie brought his right arm up in a hook type motion for his opponent's face. Of course if it hit there would be the added pain of having a baton smashed into her face since it was still against his right arm.
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:22 pm
Enigma20 As the giant fan started to move Archie was starting a shift to his right, and with that a small correction would be made. Shifting his weight just enough, he would use the force of her blow to get him in front of her. As the swing came up, Archie lifted his left arm in the air with the baton still against it. BANG! The two objects hit each other.
Stella's fan smashed abruptly against his baton, sufficing as a parry from Archie. He'd used the fae's own attack's momentum to place him in a suitable position to attack.
"Clever..." Stella murmured amidst their battle, keeping her strength behind her fan. She slid to a stop on the concrete, and was now met face-to-face with Archie. Stella kept her blue eyes focused on her opponent-- she dare not take them off. Enigma20 As his right knee bent, his opponent was right in front of him. "Hello love." Straightening back out his knee, Archie brought his right arm up in a hook type motion for his opponent's face. Of course if it hit there would be the added pain of having a baton smashed into her face since it was still against his right arm. He'd reared his arm directly in front of her, giving Stella very little time to react. However, it was enough to slide her right hand down the length of the fan (toward the top), keeping her left hand at the base. She raised her right hand, along with the fan, leaving the right side slightly higher than the left, which was about at (her) neck-level. "...But not good enough!"Stella's fan was both an offensive and defensive weapon, and she intended to use it as such. Pushing her fan with both arms, she took a step forward on her left foot, hoping to meet his hook-and-baton assault with the blunt force of her fan against his right forearm and the length of the baton. Hoping that the force would knock him off balance directly in front of her, Stella kept her weight on her left leg, and reared her right knee slightly. Pivoting her hips to get a full rotation, Stella thrust her right leg up at his side, hoping to knee him in the ribs. [Post 2]Synopsis:Stella blocked Archie's hook and baton attack by defending with her fan, and thrust her own strength against it in an attempt to put Archie off balance.
Stella attempted to knee Archie in the ribs from his left side.
Equipment Remaining:Strings of Pearls- 3 Fireworks- 8
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Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:05 pm
Archie smiled thinking that his attack would connect, but he had no such luck. Well at least with it connecting where he wanted it to. It would have seemed that his opponent was able to get the fan in the way on time. The push would active what she was looking for. However, the knee wouldn't follow up like she wanted.
Because of the last action Archie would have preformed, the hook attack, his left arm would have been behind him a little bit. The stumbling back caused his arms to move forward. Due to his arm not being at his side but behind it, it would come up to his side, just as the knee would have connected with his left side. The knee connected with part baton and part arm. This would cause some pain for Archie but would hopefully cause some pain for his opponent too.
The knee would do one last thing for Archie. Because of his slightly unbalanced state already, the knee would force him to stumble to the side and back a little in a more diagonal direction, with he didn't fight. Putting a little more distance between him and his opponent because of that, Archie got his footing back and smiled some. "Not bad. But the show is just getting started." He gave a small laugh and took a defensive stance now. Facing his opponent, he brought both his arms up keeping both batons parallel with his arms. He was now in a more boxing type stance waiting to see what his opponent would pull off.
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:20 pm
Stella's knee rammed against the rod due to Archie's last-moment defense, sending a sharp pain through her knee. Keeping her fan in a protective position to defend herself if need be, she stumbled back a few steps, further separating the two fighters. Stella expected to see a bruise there later, but gathered that nothing was broken as she regained her balance. Enigma20 "Not bad. But the show is just getting started."
The fae was smirking wide, and twirled the large fan around her hand, making it shrink in size, to the size of a normal hand-held fan. "You betcha~," Stella hummed, with a wide grin on her face. Putting her fan between her lips, Stella's right hand dug into the pouch on the belt of her jeans, pulling out a small orb. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to have a wick at the top, much like a candle.
She raised the orb in the palm of her right hand, and raised her left hand to it. Putting her thumb and middle finger together, she snapped! Focusing her energy in her fingertips to use her Summer Spark, flames surged from the friction on her skin, like a blade striking a flint.
FEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEW!The string of the orb suddenly caught alight, and the orb began to hiss loudly! Gritting her fan between her teeth, Stella reared back on her right foot, before stepping forward with the left and chucking the smoking orb directly at Archie, as if she were pitching a baseball.
Directly after throwing the orb, Archie would be able to realize what it was within a matter of moments. It was a firework, a trademark of the Summer Fae. Stella loved how summer nights were alight with these incendiary treasures, and incorporated that into her display in the arena. However, being so close proved to be dangerous sometimes, and Stella took precaution by shielding her eyes with her arm, and turned her head away.KA-BOOM!The firework exploded promptly after hitting the ground, directly in front of where Archie was standing. The glowing sparks went flying in a grand explosion, so much light filling the arena that it was blinding.
Stella hoped that Archie hadn't gotten too injured... after all, there was still so much fun to be had. After the light died, Stella took the fan back into her hands, looking back into the smoke and sparks as they fell for any sign of Archie.
[Post 3]
Synopsis:
Stella's knee collided with the baton, causing her to further separate her and Archie as she stumbled backwards.
Stella withdrew a firework from the pouch on her belt, and lit it aflame with her Summer Spark.
Stella threw the firework directly at Archie, hoping to blind him and possibly wound him with the incendiary.
Equipment Remaining:
Strings of Pearls- 3
Fireworks- 7
For battle reference (if needed):
Quote: ___Great FanLength: Four feet (when at full size) Weight: 15 lbs (when at full size) Info: Stella uses the fan as both a blunt bludgeoning weapon as well as the aide for her wind attacks. Normally, the fan is only eight inches long, until Stella awakens it with her energy and allows it to grow to its four foot length, and can just as easily be shrunken back down to its more convenient size. Quote: ___FireworksLength: 2-inch circumference (orb-shaped) Weight: n/a Quantity: 8 (per battle) Info: Stella keeps a stash of fireworks in a pouch on her belt, each shaped like an orb with a small string coming out of the top. When she uses her Summer Spark to light the fuse, it takes approximately five seconds for the firework to ignite and explode. Stella either throws these at her opponent, or gusts them away with her fan (the light is not put out since the flame is usually inside the orb by that time). The fireworks explode in a 4-foot radius from the center of the incendiary into a large sphere that lasts for a few moments before it fades. The effects of being too close to the firework upon explosion could include burns and fire damage, a loud noise that might require the opponent to cover their ears or experience ringing in the ears, and temporary loss of sight due to blinding. If an opponent wields fire or incendiaries of their own, Stella may detach the pouch from her belt to keep them from going off while on her person. Quote: Summer SparkStella is in the midst developing control over fire, but cannot create more than a spark at this time in her training. By snapping her fingers, Stella creates sparks, much like striking a flint. She normally only uses this to light her fireworks, which she keeps in a pouch on her jeans.
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Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:21 am
((Warning for Enigma. If he doesn't increase his activity by this weekend, he's being replaced by someone from the waiting list.))
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 10:31 am
((So I blew up my opponent with a firework. That should mean I win.))
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Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:47 pm
Coming to the entrance of the ring was Tous Shinjiko. He wasn't alone, with eleven people walking in tow. Most were personal security, three were specially trained medics, and two others were mere media types under Tous' advisement. They'd stop as Tous made his way to the ring.
Standing at six feet and three inches tall, he wasn't terribly short. He weighed in at two hundred and twenty five pounds of near pure trained muscle. Tous wore a suit, simply black with a white undershirt and black vest. As he entered he'd remove the suit coat, exposing the vest and white shirt underneath. The coat was tossed backwards, being caught by one of his security. His eyes were covered by a fine pair of dark sunglasses, masking where his gray eyes were looking. His feet continued before they stopped about ten feet from the direct center of the ring.
On his left hip rested two katana. One of which was quite ordinary, with the other having a lot more detail to it as well as being a dark color. The latter was Shi, a blade forged in a lab out of a revised version of Damascus Steel; Ferrium C69. It was the top of the line; strength, durability and flexibility as well as a razor sharp edge that was hard to dull.
What should be noted was his concealed weapons. On the toes of his black boots he had the same metal, almost like a reverse steel toe. On his hands he wore a pair of half fingerless gloves, with again the same metal being imprinted into it. The metal in the gloves was laced into the knuckles as well as the back of the hand area.
What he did now was not any form of attack or stance. His form lowered as he unhooked Shi and its sheath from his side, laying it in front of him as he rested on his knees. This lasted for only a few seconds as he showed his respect to his weapon, only to allow his form to rise once more as the katana and sheath made their way back to his side.
He'd stand there, blocking out the crowd as he let everything around him register. At the same time, his form had already started to charge his spiritual energy. Though he stood in no obvious stance, he was indeed ready for anything. This was the beginning of the KurÅ Hitokiri Style.
Charge: [x]
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:54 am
As the firework's glittering flames subsided, Stella noticed that her previous opponent had done nothing short of vanish. And in his wake stood another, whom the Fae could only gather was her true opponent. Subtly, she dipped her hand into the pouch near her hip.
"So, Archie ran off with his tail between his legs, eh?" Stella said aloud, with an amused giggle. "Then let the fun begin again!"
Withdrawing another firework, Stella took the proximal space between them as an opportunity. Holding the wick to her thumb and middle finger, she made a loud snapping sound with her hand. Embers flew from her fingertips and caught the string that emerged from the firework, lighting the wick with her Summer Spark. Just as it had done previously with Archie, the firework began to smoke and hiss in her hand as she reared back to throw it.
FEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEW!Lobbing it high overhead, Stella aimed for it to fall directly in front of the dual-wielding swordsman, hoping to catch him in the burst as she had once hoped for Archie.KA-BOOM!Stella shielded her eyes from the blinding blast with her wide Tessen Fan, until the initial flash subsided. Afterward, she kept her trusted weapon at the ready for her next attack.
[Post 1 Redux]
Synopsis:
Stella used her Summer Spark to light her second firework.
Throwing it overhead, Stella lobbed the firework to land directly in front of Tous.
Stella used her fan to protect herself from the blinding flash of the firework, then kept it in front of her.
Equipment Remaining:
Strings of Pearls- 3
Fireworks- 6
For battle reference (if needed):
Quote: ___Fireworks
Length: 2-inch circumference (orb-shaped)
Weight: n/a
Quantity: 8 (per battle)
Info: Stella keeps a stash of fireworks in a pouch on her belt, each shaped like an orb with a small string coming out of the top. When she uses her Summer Spark to light the fuse, it takes approximately five seconds for the firework to ignite and explode. Stella either throws these at her opponent, or gusts them away with her fan (the light is not put out since the flame is usually inside the orb by that time).
The fireworks explode in a 4-foot radius from the center of the incendiary into a large sphere that lasts for a few moments before it fades. The effects of being too close to the firework upon explosion could include burns and fire damage, a loud noise that might require the opponent to cover their ears or experience ringing in the ears, and temporary loss of sight due to blinding.
If an opponent wields fire or incendiaries of their own, Stella may detach the pouch from her belt to keep them from going off while on her person.
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:08 am
Well now, this was getting the fight off with a bang eh? Tous himself remained rather motionless while the firework was in midair, instead of simply running off to the side. As Stella initiated, there was the tell tale 'click' from Tous' left side as he pushed that black katana a few centimeters outward. When the firework entered the radius of about five feet, there was another tell tale sound.
The sound now was the sound of the katana leaving the specially designed sheath. In the same motion, the blade was turned so that the edge was facing up and the slash continued right through the firework. The motion ended with the katana being replaced into the sheath once more.
It did not however stop the attack, it merely lessened it. As Tous split it in two, under his sunglasses a change happened. His eyes went from a lifeless gray to a swirling black. The eyes of a Shin.
KA-BOOM
Most would be blinded, Tous on the other hand was merely uncomfortable while he still had a lock onto his opponent in some way. Granted it wasn't perfect sight, it merely showed the distortion of energy put off by Stella's location, he could still 'see'. Though, this was not how he acted. In fact he acted like someone who was completely blinded by the firework.
Tous began to stumble forward, waiting...
Charge: [x][x]
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:32 pm
Stella's eyes widened as her opponent stumbled, the glint in her eye shone as if it were the sun reflecting on the ocean. Pushing off on the balls of her feet, the Fae rushed forward, through the smoke and embers of the firework that were floating to the ground like smoldering feathers. Holding her fan against her right side, Stella charged forward, closing the proximal gap between her and Tous. Feeling the wind under her heels, the Fae was concentrating her energy on sprinting forward. With that application, she summoned the wind behind her to make her go faster, making use of her Fae Step technique. Just before she'd be within striking range of the stumbling swordsman, the Fae raised her knee higher in stride, creating an updraft with her energy. It was as if she used the wind as a step, pushing off of the draft to go upward. Once she'd taken two steps upward, she adjusted her trajectory with a jump, letting her torso drop and her legs rise to do a cartwheel (with no hands) directly over Tous. Pulling with her left arm and pushing with her right, Stella swung her fan at her opponent just after she cleared his head above, trying to strike his skull and back with her Tessen Fan. Stella, being proficient in acrobatics due to her limber structure and advanced control of the wind, landed on her feet facing Tous' back (should he still have been facing the same direction as previous), letting her knees absorb the shock of the landing. She recovered by holding her fan in front of her, and widened her stance to regain balance. [Post 2]Synopsis:Stella charged forward, using her Fae Step under her feet to run faster.
Just before getting within striking distance of Tous, Stella used her Fae Step to run upward, using the wind as steps, and flipped over him (facing sideways).
In midair, Stella swung her fan in an attempt to strike his skull and back.
Landing on her feet, Stella widened her stance and held her fan in a defensive position in front of her.
Equipment Remaining:Strings of Pearls- 3 Fireworks- 6 Elapsed flight time: Approximately 2-3 seconds.
For battle reference (if needed):Quote: Fae Step
Fae are able to move quickly or fly for very short amounts of time depending on the sort of elemental affiliations they possess. Stella can direct the wind with her body when she supports only herself, and does not require the use of her fan.
By manipulating the wind downward, she can support herself midair for a maximum of ten seconds, and cannot travel higher than eight feet above the ground.
Stella also manipulates the wind behind her to give her an extra, constant push while running. She is usually able to outrun fast humans, but may only equate to or be unable to measure up to otherworldly beings with developed speed.
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