[B-GAME] Themis x Irene

[Iris_virus]

Rolling to see who will go first

1 Sailor Themis
2 Sailor Irene


Feel free to rp as usual randomizing betweeen 1 and 3 for each post, or to pre roll the results and go back and fill the posts in after the fact.

Rolling reference for ease
* For every post in a battle thread make sure you randomize between 1 and 3. The number you get will determine what happened during that turn.
1 - Uh oh, looks like you missed this time!
2 - Yay a hit! Your opponent should subtract 1 hp in their next post.
3 - Excellent hit! Your opponent should subtract 2 hp in their next post.

* Keep track of your HP on the top of each post you make please! When someone reaches zero the battle is over. (You can post once or twice more if you'd really like the two to wish each other well or what not)
If the dice decide to be jerks and the battle just keeps going on and on and on I may step in and ask for you guys to roll dice for some outside event to help out. Hopefully it won't be necessary  

[DivineSaturn]

Sailor Irene had mixed feelings about this competition. She didn't particularly enjoy fighting, and much preferred to play a supporting role in the war. But recent events had shown her that she had to be able to protect herself, at least, and her skills in that area were laughable. So this was really an excellent opportunity, to fight without having to worry about getting hurt. To learn from more experienced fighters, and watch their bouts. It was ideal.

Still, she probably wouldn't have participated if Iris hadn't made her.

And now she was matched up against someone much stronger than her, right off the bat. Irene looked at her opponent with a mixture of admiration and anxiety. "It's nice to meet you," she said before beginning. Even if this was a competition, that was no reason not to be cordial. "I hope to learn a great deal from this fight!"

Then she started in. Her ornaments swung as she moved, one dangling off the bow on her chest, the other tied to the back of her collar. When she got within striking distance, she dropped low and kicked out in an attempt to put her opponent off his balance.
 

[A Wandering Esper]

HP : 5
DMG : 1

Themis had to admit he'd been a little shocked to see he'd been matched up with a basic senshi, and on some level he had to admit he was a little worried - what if he accidentally hurt Irene ? He certainly didn't want to !

But eventually, he came to see it as training. He could give her tips, and she'd come out of it stronger. He had to see it this way, really.

"It's indeed nice to meet you, Irene." He said with a smile, clearly not one of the most 'competitive' challenger in the competition, more into it for fun and to keep himself from going too rusty rather than to win.

"I'll try to give you pointers, okay ?" One of his ornaments dangled from his tie, the other - perhaps teasingly - dangling from the 'feather' of one huge wingbow.

He was able to more or less avoid being knocked off his feet. "That's a nice one... Usually you want to aim a little lower, through - if you hit there, your opponent might not be tossed off-balance." As he'd just demonstrated, really, but he waited until she was up again before doing a jab at her shoulder, more looking to test her reaction time than anything else.  

[DivineSaturn]

At least she was facing someone nice, Irene realized. She had watched a couple of the fights that came before hers, and worried that not everyone would take the competition as just that- a friendly game. Her own teammate had been disqualified before the duels even began. So while it was intimidating to be up against someone far stronger than she was, he wasn't scary.

She filed away his pointer and tried to dodge the attack, but wasn't quite fast enough. It was enough to send her to her knees, stumbling. But she didn't get up. Instead, she stayed down and reached out with her hands, wondering if she'd be more effective that way.

[Current HP: 3]
 

[A Wandering Esper]

HP : 4
DMG : 0

It was reflex, really - Themis went to help her up, and instead got caught in her grasp - certainly enough to surprise him. "Nice !" He complimented her. Really, sometime throwing someone off their game was just what you needed to do to gain an edge - the way one used that edge, well, was up to the senshi themselves.

The grasp threw him off-balance, but experience made it so he didn't tumble down, caught himself before he could, and managed to step out of grapping range, aiming to kick at her side but miscalculating.

If she was quick minded, Themis was now wide open for a nice hit.  

[DivineSaturn]

She wasn't expecting her wild grab to have that precise effect. Most Negaversers probably wouldn't stop to help their opponents. But it was still pretty cool to see something she wasn't sure would work actually do okay. She wasn't able to grab the ornament, but she still threw him off his guard, and for the moment, that would do.

Her dodge of his kick was a very near thing. Irene darted to the left, her flexibility one of the traits she was more confident in. From there she could see the ornament hanging from the tip of his wing-bow, just within reach. She couldn't not go for it, but she was hardly subtle about her attempt.

[Current HP: 3]
 

[A Wandering Esper]

HP : 2
DMG : 2

No, it was doubtful a negaverse agent would have gone to help her up, but the core of it - pretending one thing to do another - was an important thing for the younger senshi to grasp. Such fakes had saved his life more than once.

Hardly subtle, and hard to miss - sure enough, the ornament was all her's soon enough, shattering as it hit the ground.

Through Themis was quick to recover, flipping around and reaching for the one on her collar, partly just to see how Irene would react to his attempt.  

[DivineSaturn]

Irene felt, rather than saw, the ornament come off of her collar. She heard it smash against the ground. But her eyes stayed on her opponent. Her slip-up stung, but she was determined not to let it distract her from her goal. Her opponent was older, stronger, and much more experienced, but she had a chance now. They were tied, one ornament apiece.

For a moment, Irene pictured herself winning. She could see the older senshi respect her. She could see ********* praising her. She could even see Iris respecting her. Then the images were gone, and the ornament on Themis' tie appeared in her mind's eye. She spun around, ducking down low again. Hopefully he would think she was trying for another attack at his legs. Instead, she sprung up at the last moment, catching his tie in her fingers. Before she knew it, she could hear another tinkling sound as his last ornament hit the ground.

She won?

She won!

Irene backed up instinctively, a bit afraid. Would things go the way she pictured? Maybe the other senshi would be mad. Maybe she would be accused of cheating. But even though those fears nagged at her, she couldn't help but jump around a bit. She really did it, all on her own! She won, she won!

Current HP: 1]
 

[A Wandering Esper]

((Annndddd Themis is out !))