This is the battleground designated for the sparring session between Lance and Obsidian. The terrain is mostly plains, with wildgrass halfway up the shin. Occasional trees dot the landscape, as well as burrows within the ground.
Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2019 2:15 am
Walking to the designated fighting area Dee keeps his golden eye planted on the horizon in front of him. The gentle whistle of the wind carrying the sound of a trains horn. " Hmm" he hums out gradually looking over to his right his eyes hangging low, following the train tracks to the speeding black train running down the trail, an old steam train barreling towards him. Once again the horn rings out his eye drifts away from then trail and to his feet standing right on the tracks. Once Dee looks back up the train bullets pass him, the dust of wind making hos large body lose balance, stepping back as he watches the back train pass him by, carrying those familiar faces from his forever haunting past. His sheathed khopesh heavy on his side loosely slapping at the back of his leg from the blowing wind, reminding him what he was here for. His damaged body burns slightly as he watches the train cars pass by, his hand reaches out for it slowly feeling the presence of the great black train speed past him, carrying its passengers to there next destination. His hand gasping at the cold steel of the train only to grab a hand full of black starry dust quick to blow away with the wind and swirl around him. His golden eye shining in the light as he watches the train leave. Once his eyes return forward his eye meets another's, retaining its shine. His body posture changes completely ready for the fight to come.
[I'll be out on vacation for a week, so if I do post, it'll be unformatted from my phone. Bear with me LOL]
Between these two young men, no words were shared. After the passing of the train, only silence. Knowing almost instinctively the primal calling of his opponent, Lance took a fighting pose with blades in hand. For a brief moment, their breath would seem to synchronize; an unwritten, unspoken communication that both fighters were prepared to engage in a dance of blade and blood.
With a slight bob of his head, the young man confirmed he was ready to start, and invited his opponent to make the first move.
Dee's metallic mask slowly opens letting a thick snake like tongue slide out as he brings his fingers to it coating it in his saliva before it snaps shut once again. Drawing his Khopesh from its sheath, his sheath quickly spinning around and turning into another blade forming his Kopis. before another jester could be made he launched forward, dirt and grass kicking up from the heavy steps of his boots. Dee's mind went blank as he thrown his body towards his opponent, twisting around bringing his black Khoposh down for a over head strike. His Kopis hidden by his large body already in the motion to make a follow up strike. His fill weight bearing down with his strike aiming at his collar bone, His Kopis following up closely behind with a attempt to cut at his stomach.
From the preparation of his weapons, Lance noticed that his opponent was also a dual-wielder. Fascinatingly enough, at least one of his weapons was also a Kopis blade, similar to his own. His body loosened in response to his opponent's forward rush; it appeared the two would share a high-speed, close range encounter. This was seemingly a shared field of expertise as well.
Wasting no time, Lance would cycle around the blade in his right hand, turning it into a reverse grip Kopis blade. The slight shotgun barrel would poke out the front of the handle, giving him another angle of attack. He jumped ever so slightly as Obsidian's attack connected, using the reversed blade to block the strike. In this way, he borrowed the momentum from his opponent's attack, using that as well as the curved shape of the khopesh to push and slide back on initial impact. This allowed him to expend only minimal effort in blocking the follow up strike since his position was shifted backward from the original area of attack. A simple parry.
Now aiming the barrel of his shotgun--another quickly made movement using the momentum from the block--Lance would pull the trigger, shooting at extremely close range using an aura shotgun. In all, the exchange was likely less than a second or two, giving a very tricky window for reaction given the type of counter.
Dees foot slams on the ground as the blades were blocked, each of the hilts slipping from his hand and bouncing back off of the block and spinning off into the high grass. Without a single moment to waste Dee twist his waist and swipes his left hand at Lance's neck, his claws ripping thought the air aiming for the jugular. Dee's body steeling itself as the shotgun fires into his midsection. His large body taking the shot and adsorbing the impact stopping him dead in his tracks as his body tries to recover from that hit. his shirt noticeably damage. Dee's golden eye dimly grows brighter as the shock shoots up thought his body...there was a great amount of pain but not enough to put a stop to him and he persist going in for another attack. Both if his sharp blades sinking into the dirt hiding in the tall grass to the naked eye. Even without is main weapons presses on again, taking another step forward to close the distance, another swipe closing in claws wet as he goes for any exposed skin to cut into. Dee's blades sink into the dirt behind him with a slightly audible "thunk" disappearing into the high grass.
[Quick explanation of his semblance; Lance can create bursts of aura in a close proximity to my body in order to enhance a movement by 50% speed/strength. In this case, he used it along with the force generated from blocking your attack to spin and swing at you very quickly.]
Dee's swipe was somewhat easy for Lance to block, given that said hand was already raised and firing the shotgun. A light movement of his hand allowed him to block the swiping claw, and he used that momentum to twirl his body using Obsidian's momentum combined with his own strength. A use of his semblance--burst--would create and lightly explode a pocket of aura along his blade, near the point where his opponent had been blocked.
This burst would not only serve to even further increase the speed of Lance's spin, but also to serve as a physical deterrent, if even for a moment. The young man's body spun around with great speed and force, which he used to follow up with a diagonal, downward slash using his left blade. During the spin, Obsidian's second attack had reached him. From the speed of his spin, along with the slightly increased distance between them due to the block from before, it was ever so slight, but enough to slice a couple lines in the cloth on his back. Had his aura not been there to protect him, that would have been a surface slice from the claws. For now, Lance carried through with his swing, keeping his right blade ready should there be a counter.
Dee lets out a metallic grunt, 'Forgot about that' he thinks to himself as his claws slide off the aura leaving him open for attack. Watching as the boy spins around bringing down that blade, shifting his body ever so slightly into the path of the blade letting it fall upon his shoulder, the impact of the burst shattering his aura.
Lances blade would slide into Dees shoulder sinking into his flash while his arm shoots up to seize Lances arm, reaching for his shoulder as Dee's arm would coil around Lances arm. Dee's body pressing up against the sharp blade making sure to get it to dig into his bone. his hand grabbing at and attempting to sink his claws into whatever it maybe to keep Lance within arms reach. Blood shooting out of his wound and spattering everywhere, on both Lance and the grass. Dee's foot slowly moving back while his free arm shoots into his pants pocket and pulls out a long metal tube and swinging it at Lances head, his thumb pulling a pin out of it as it inches closer and closer.
Mental State: Calm Damage Taken: Broken Collar Bone Post Until full heal: 4 (Once blade is removed from wound)
This was...curious. Not once in his time fighting had Lance seen an opponent willingly throw themselves into the path of his blade, especially not one where the slice had been enhanced with his burst. The initial shock of it was enough to delay his reaction, giving Obsidian enough time to get a grip on his shoulder. The young man's aura hadn't given out quite yet, but it didn't take long. It was as he raised his blade to block the incoming rod that he felt the first sensation of Obsidian's claws start to sink into his flesh, having broken through his aura.
In that moment, he deployed a burst of aura from his shoulder, hopefully doing some damage to his opponent's hand while starting a bit of backwards momentum. Leaning into that, Lance kicked off the ground, putting a slight bit of distance between the two before skidding to a halt. In that window, he would aim his shotgun at Obsidian once more, and pull the trigger; another body blow hoping to reduce some of his core mobility.
The tube breaks against lance's blade exploding and filling the area in a snow white smoke while falling from Dee's hand and disappearing into the tall grass still shooting out smoke rapidly. There was just enough to quickly cover the area. Wincing a bit from the burst on his fingers they would shoot out from the impact of it, sending Dee off balance. the skin was pulled back and his fingers were bleeding and damaged, but he was able to do what he was set out to do to Lance. Not attempting to stop his fall Dee reaches back and grabs the hilt of his Khopesh and snatching it up out of the ground right before fully falling into the smoke, the sound of metal clicking out while his blade changes to its ranged form a pistol, Hitting his back against the ground hard Dee rolls in the smoke to attempt to change locations, his now useless arm dragging and slowing him but he was just able to get out of the line direct line of fire. quickly bringing his pistol to is mouth he opens the mask and bites down on it before reaching for another smoke grenade and throwing it into the air before moving again gaining more distance. the pin remaining in this one for later use. Quick to move fighting though the pain of his right arm because he knew this place would not be so kind of the wind started blowing again. It will still take some time before Lance bleeds out to a point where he is no longer able to fight, so Dee is looking to buy time for it. Dropping his gun back into his his hip and firing to where he he knew where Lance was standing just a moment ago.
Mental State: Calm Damage Taken: Broken Collar Bone. Right hand Fingers Post Until full heal: 4( Collar Bone). 3 (Fingers) Smoke Grenades: 2. Post Until Smoke Dissipates: 3
[I'm sorry for the absurd wait between responses. My work schedule has been crazy these past few weeks. ;-;]
The plume of smoke quickly overtook the boys' vision, seemingly causing both of them to retreat. With a burst of aura under his feet to supplement a jump backwards, Lance would propel himself back and slightly up into the air, moving him out of the radius of the hip fired shots--though he wasn't aware of them until the pistol was fired--and thankfully out of the smoke. For a short while, he watched the spread of the smoke, now noticing the holes in the ground around them. Given the seemingly uncharacteristic and unpredictable attacks from before, it was safe to say that an attack from below wasn't out of the question.
Lance reached over to check the bleeding of his shoulder, and found that his wound was seeping more than usual. He didn't really have time to patch it up, so it would just have to behave for now. Surveying the land once more, the young man noticed a couple of trees around him. He would need to keep those in mind for later should his enemy attack from below.
For now, he blind fired twice into the smoke, hoping for a couple parts of the aura spreadshot to pepper his opponent out of hiding.
Walks around in the smoke to keep the shots moving, one of the stray bullets hitting the loose smoke grenade and setting it off and filling yet another area in the white smoke, before letting the blade snap back into place and sheathing it in a small loop on his pants. Holding his useless arm close to his body he begins to run and slide down into one of the tunnels hidden by the high grass.Taking a moment to force his broken arms hand into his pocket to keep it from flailing around he looks up out of the hole to see the smoke still covering him and nods before sitting up and getting off his back before crouching down and making his way around the dark tunnels.
Dee's eye lighting the darkness as he wonders around holding his arm close shutting and applying pressure to his wound. Bone regrowing and snapping painfully back into place, his skin and meat slowly stitching itself back together as he looks for something keeping his eyes on the roof of the tunnel before stopping and reaching up grabbing onto the tip of his Kopis and pulling on it letting it slide thought the dirt with ease and back into his hand, fresh air quickly floods his lungs from the new hole allowing the scent of his prey's blood to fill his nose. sticking the blade into the ceiling he digs it in before taking off in a mad sprint in Lances direction, his Blade pressing up further and further until the hilt was dragging against the dirt and she runs with all his might not bothering to stop as the roots try to stop him powering thought it until he was right into Lance. The tunnel caving in behind him as he runs the dirt right on his heels. Hoping to make him lose ground and if nothing else have fall down into the cave in. once At lance the Kopis stops and the Khopesh blade shoots up and attempts to hook down on his foot with enough force to damage and keep his foot there if it lands.
Mental State: Calm Damage Taken: Broken Collar Bone. Right hand Fingers Post Until full heal: 3( Collar Bone). 2 (Fingers) Smoke Grenades: 2. Post Until Smoke Dissipates: 2
[So before I respond to this one, I want to be sure that I know what's going on. You're keeping the blade extended out of the ground at full length while running down below? And then once you get under me you're trying to use the second blade to keep my foot in place. Correct?]
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2019 9:00 pm
(Ah! Yeah sorry to confuse> but yeah the blade would be long enough for a few centimeters to stick out of the ground and disturb the tunnel system making it cave in behind him as he runs towards lance. Stopping once he gets to where he thinks Lance is he pulls out his other blade to try and pin his foot down so he would fall into the cave in)
(Ah! Yeah sorry to confuse> but yeah the blade would be long enough for a few centimeters to stick out of the ground and disturb the tunnel system making it cave in behind him as he runs towards lance. Stopping once he gets to where he thinks Lance is he pulls out his other blade to try and pin his foot down so he would fall into the cave in)
-EM- Epic Muffin
[Hey, I'm sorry to make you wait so long. I'm gonna have to concede this fight as I'm not really able to keep up with this and what I have going on in real life right now. I apologize for the inconvenience. : ( ]
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