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Simplistic Hero
RTT: ......
Posts: 30
(6/3/02 7:26:11 pm)
Alo compadre...


Ryogo, full sprinting down a narrow hallway, head glancing backwards over his shoulder, ran directly into Ward's back. The large man spun, and instinctivly attack, striking outward with his palm. Ryogo, frightened, responded in a similar manner, yanked forth both of his automatic weapons.

"Damnit..."

Ward was now glancing at the cool barrels of dual machine guns, both pointed directly at his chest. His head was extended forward, had palmed the opposing mans face, and now suspended him a solid eight inches from the ground. The man tried to speak, but he could barley breath.

"eh! lem..me...go."

It was at this great moment of conflict, that both bracer's sprung into action.

MATCH! MATCH! MATCH!

Ward dropped the other man, who, with a bit of grace, landed on his feet.

"Guess your my partner, eh big fella? Sorry about the gun thing, reflex and all."

Ward nodded, surveying his ally. The man was thin, but looked somewhat athletic. He wore a horribly orange jumpsuit, and had a sort of an annoying charm to him. Seemed kind of whiny, but ti was only an assumption. He had handled his guns well, suprisingly.

"So I'm Ryogo, whats your name bud?"

Ward signalled that he was mute. Ryogo, obviously, didn't understand.

"Strong silent type eh? Thats fine. I talk plenty, you can open up."

Again Ward signalled he was mute. Still no effect.

"Damnit..."

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1 R-vote to Ryogo

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"Thats a big question. I'm just a simple person."

Shizuyoko
RTT::Laguna Loire
Posts: 28
(6/3/02 7:32:41 pm)

Laguna Loire: 1-5 "Here I Come to Save the Day!"
Laguna: 1-5
Here I Come to Save the Day!


From behind Laguna came the sound of a huge explosion. It rocked the floor and he knelt down quickly, placing his palms on the floor to feel the last of the vibrations.

Hmm, that came from the direction of…

“THE RED DRESS!” he yelled, startling his companions. Laguna’s eyes were wide in his face as he leapt to his feet. “That babe…” he choked and started over, “I mean, those people who were just here must be in trouble. We should go check it out, since they were so helpful!” Without waiting for an answer or to see if his teammates were following he took off down the corridor, towards the tight little, um, towards the people in need of assistance.

All humorous thoughts faded as he moved past various scenes of carnage. The sound of machine gun fire came from not too farther along the hallway and Laguna sped up, mentally checking his magic inventory. Plenty of curaga, that was good, along with some fira and protect spells and miscellaneous other bits. It wasn’t much, but it would have to do. Laguna had been expecting a calm visit to his wife’s grave, not a full-out blood spree.

Laguna glanced over his shoulder once and confirmed that his teammates were indeed following, although with distinctly less enthusiasm than he was showing.

Man, where are Ward and Kiros when you need them? he thought to himself, and then winced as his conscience supplied the answer.

Probably covering your ass in Esthar while you run around chasing luscious pieces of red cloth.

“Hey now,” he protested aloud, “I’m a widower, not dead!”

Yet. his conscience supplied.

“Oh shut up,” Laguna muttered to himself. A burst of machine gun fire from just ahead caught his attention and he left matters of guilt and responsibility for later. He rounded a corner and saw a silver-haired man lowering his weapon towards the floor. The red dress and her two companions had obviously been the targets of this last assault.

Laguna yelled something incomprehensible and launched himself into the arena. The attacker turned to run down the other corridor. Laguna skidded to a less-than-graceful halt and fired off two short bursts at the man’s back. Both scored and the man went down.

“HA!” Laguna chortled, waving his machine gun in the air. It suddenly occurred to him that maybe he should be watching his back and he turned around rapidly, trying to assess the situation quickly. Raising one hand to his forehead he concentrated on the light trance necessary for casting magic. With an outward motion of his hand towards the three he said loudly “CURAGA,” and watched as the shower of green particles floated down slowly.

“Um… thanks again!” he said brightly in the direction of the red dress.

*****

Used:
1 A-Vote to Billy
1 R-Vote each to Scarlett, Ramirez and Gilder

Remaining:
5 A-Votes
1 R-Vote
60 SP

Edit1: Got my SP count messed up, sorry.
Edit2: And the A-Vote count. Damnit.
Edit3: Shit, I suck!


"I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors, but I think that God's got a sick sense of humor."

Edited by: Shizuyoko at: 6/3/02 7:39:53 pm
Bugenhagen
RTT: Billy Lee Black
Posts: 780
(6/3/02 7:42:56 pm)

Owchie-wow-wow!
Billy stood up and shook his head. What the...? What hit him? He stood up on his feet, waving back and forth. Why had someone attacked him? Other than attacking those evil people, he had certainly not wanted to harm anyone. Who would be so evil as to attack him so strongly while he hadn't done anything?

Billy looked around, and spotted Black Mage running away from something. He also looked injured. "Wait!" cried Billy. Black Mage must not have heard him, because he disappeared down another hallway. Billy looked at his arm. The beeping was getting louder, even though Black Mage was running away. Kuja must be near...

Billy ran through a corridor and spotted Kuja walking towards him. Billy grabbed his hand and yanked him in the opposite direction. "Trust me, Kuja, you don't want to go there." He pulled Kuja down the hallway, running as fast as he could.

Who would be so evil as to try to destroy someone who was saving others?

--

Sponsoring Billy Lee Black

Baka
Wind Seer
Posts: 73
(6/3/02 7:55:11 pm)

Re: Owchie-wow-wow!
(bear in mind, Ivan didn't attack anyone in particular there. The spell went wrong. As for people attacking first.. heh. It's a team game.)

Edit: Nova (as I have no idea how to make EZboard PM stuff) - I know none of you are there. You'll notice the attack went all over the complex.


Baka // Wind Seer // Salva Nos

Edited by: Baka at: 6/3/02 7:56:58 pm
Tyrus Alfudore
Customer
Posts: 25
(6/3/02 7:59:38 pm)
Re: The baddest of the bad
Kuja stood in a corner listening to the battle sounds around him. ( Why am I here? What is the point of all this. I do like it though. I didn't realize how much I've longed for the kios how much I've missed it. Also my powers are starting to reservice oh this is glorious. I'll tag along with those two morongs if I ever see them. We'll when this stupid tournament and then.. I'LL KILL THEM BOTH!)

With that Kuja smiled, his evilness starting to reservice. His rage taking over and with new determination began to walk. Just then the wall smashed and in came flying in all to fimiliar little figure. " Well, well if it isn't Vive."

Vive got and jumped back trying to keep an eye on both the tentacle and Kuja. " K-Kuja! b-but y-your DEAD!" the little Mage stammered. " Or so you though little one. Having some troubles?" Kuja looked at the big tentacle breaking through the wall towards him. " Here why don't I help?" And with that Kuja summoned all power he had mastered and unleashed a massive shock wave that sent Vive and Ivan slying and the Tentacles. " Well that should make thingg intresting for them. And with that Kuja left the Mage and tentacles behind..

SHOCKWAVE! -2 A votes
1 A vote to Vive, Ivan, Gilder and Scarlet.

2 A votes, 4 R votes, and 75sp left.

Edit: sorry i didn't get this up sooner, Bugey this happened before you got to me...

Sponsored by Kuja.

Edited by: Tyrus Alfudore at: 6/3/02 8:02:35 pm
Bugenhagen
RTT: Billy Lee Black
Posts: 781
(6/3/02 8:00:16 pm)

Re: Owchie-wow-wow!
(You didn't attack anyone in particular? I notice that it's my team laying on the ground after you blew us to bits. Really friendly.)

EDIT: Tyrus, some R-votes and a couple Absorbs would be really helpful right about now...

--

Sponsoring Billy Lee Black

Edited by: Bugenhagen at: 6/3/02 8:04:05 pm
Izlude
RTT: Strago Magus
Posts: 30
(6/3/02 8:00:22 pm)

...
Strago felt a sensation he had not felt in 4 years... the presence of magic was in the air... he was no longer in a world he recognized, it was similar the the technology he had seen in the imperial capital, Vector.. but far more advanced.

out of the corner of his eye he noticed a small creature rapidly advancing and bearing fangs, he turned to face it. he lifted his frail hand and made a motion

I wonder if i still have what it takes?

he brough the hand back and thrust it forth bearing his index finger forth.. he felt a surge of power..

"GRAND TRAIN!!!"

an impressive show of lights left the creature spattered throughout the hall.. strago wiped some unknown juice from his forehead.. he laughed in delight and he hobbled down the hall.. the magic had made him feel alive.

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OOC: sorry i am a bit late, its dead week and i'm a bit preoccupied..but i'll do what i can..
Allen: go ahead and meet up with strago, i dont have much time to write today.. but i'll jump in when i can.

as for the map give me O,8 H,7 and E,3 for aliens





Kellios
RTT: Aeris Gainsborough
Posts: 28
(6/3/02 8:00:49 pm)

Re: Act 1, Scene 7 - "Tentacle"
LOL, Ex :D
******

The three of them scampered off into the corridors with the faerie Navi buzzing infront of them.

"C'mon! We gotta get outta here! Those alien dudes are waaaaay too weird for me," Navi complained, and Aeris could not help but smile.

"Navi, do you know where you are going?" Link questioned his companion, and Navie turned around to face Link, but still flying as she spoke.

"Not a clue! You'd think that these guys would give you a map or...."

"NAVI!! LOOK OUT!!!!" Aeris screamed as the faerie almost backed itself into the gaping jaws of a bloodied alien. In a flash and in dust, navi took off before the slobbering jaws could clamp down and have an teasing bite before the main course.

Delita dashed off to the side, and mutter, "Steady Sword," A flash of ice hit the creature which cried in pain, and whose tails whipped around the catch Delita on the side, sending him to the ground only for a flash. Link was running around, trying to get in position, firing arrows after the monster, a few sticking and sending more screams from the monster they fought.

Aeris ran in and gave the beast a concrete bash with her Princess Guard, causing the monster to turn it's attention towards her. She ducked one swing from an arm, but couldn't fully protect herself on the next blow. She fell down, but rolled out of dangers way before the monster could do more harm to her.

Delita made a quick move and sank his sword into the side of the alien, which kicked up for a moment, before recieving one last blow to the head by an arrow, which Link had fired carefully at the monster. It took one last swipe at Link, who easily evaded the attack, and the alien keeled over in a puddle of blood.

Delita waited a moment, before retrieving his sword, while Aeris stood up and dusted herself off. Link walked over to her.

"Are you alright?"

"Just fine, thank you. I can take care of myself." Link nodded, and Delita was clutching his hand. Aeris saw him doing so, and walked over and touched his hand.

"Here, let me heal you...." She closed her eyes, and held onto Delita's hand, who just watched her. After a moment, Delita flexed his hand, and smiled.

"Thank you." Aeris grinned, and nodded.

"So..... did that big guy finally get what he deserved?" navi said, peeking out from a light fixture from the light. Link chuckled and Aeris grinned while Delita sighed, with a vague smile.

"C'mon, then!! Time to get outta here. I don't wanna be lunch again," Navi lept forward down the corridor, and the three of them followed, but always checked after hemselves for any form of danger.
********

1 R-Vote to Delita
/*********

You're up, Ex or Cloud



edit: probably cleaned 3 of a billion typos.

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"I'll come back when it's all over"~~Aeris Gainsborough

Edited by: Kellios at: 6/3/02 8:06:44 pm
Dareon
Mister Mage Mon
Posts: 24
(6/3/02 8:03:53 pm)

Magic Gear Solid
Blue groaned, drawing his RuneSword out of the body of an alien that had surprised him before he could get a spell off. He whapped the point against the wall, getting most of the gook off before sliding it back into its sheath.

"Urgh... Do these things ever give up?" He tapped his bracer again. "Where in hell are my team mates? This is not something one can do solo..." Other than another ripple of silvery green, the device remained inert.

"Hey! Hold it right there!"

Blue turned, watching a man in military garb approach, gun aimed at his head. Blue's eyes automatically dropped to the man's right wrist. No bracer... I could safely kill him. He raised his arms slightly, showing he had no visible weapon. "Hang on there. Don't do anything you'll regret."

"I said don't move!"

"Believe it or not, we're actually nearly on the same side."

"How the hell can I... YAAAAAAARGH! *splunch*"

That last remark was due to an alien slipping up and biting the man's head off. Blue rolled his eyes and aimed his hands at the creature as it slithered closer. "Freeze in the depths of cold, uncaring Time... DelayOrder..." A shimmering field rose around the creature, slowing its metabolic processes and reactions down. The alien's movement slowed to a crawl, and Blue laughed in spite of himself. "Fade into the background... HideRune..." Light folded across his body, shifting incoming light around him and effectively removing him from normal sight. Smiling to himself, Blue walked off down the corridor, still searching for the rest of his team.

---
Blue has activated HideRune. He is invisible in the Predator/MGS Ninja sense. You can see some kind of distortion around him, and the spell will dissipate if he breaks his concentration enough to cast a spell or attack. Aimed attacks will miss, but he can still be hit by area-effect spells or explosives.

Baka
Wind Seer
Posts: 74
(6/3/02 8:04:21 pm)

Re: Act 1, Scene 7 - "Tentacle"
Yes, Bugen, it is your team. Your team drano'd my team first. It's a game, attacks happen, dude. Can we please have less of the aggro?


Baka // Wind Seer // Salva Nos

Slipstream
RTT: Gilder
Posts: 39
(6/3/02 8:05:38 pm)

Re: Owchie-wow-wow!
Since I wouldn't want to disturb the Ramirez/Yamazaki duel, this happens just before and when Ramirez leaves he goes to fight Yamazaki. Plot conflicts are fun, I think. :o

---

The green particles filled the air before drifting down on the three of them, and Gilder sighed gratefully as the bulletwounds healed, wincing as each projectile forced its way out of his body and fell to the floor with a clank. He could see the same happening to his teammates, and he looked gratefully at the long-haired man who'd helped them out.

"Hey, thanks a lot, we're really grateful for the help," he grinned, looking at the man and stretching out his muscles to make sure everything was working right. "I'm Gilder, and this - huh, where'd he go?", he cried, looking around confusedly. Ramirez had somehow managed to disappear, leaving the room without being noticed by the gunman. Classy, yet pretty annoying when he did so.

"Uh, Ramirez seems to have gone somewhere so you can meet later. The lady here's Scarlett, and you arrre...?" he asked, then stopped speaking as his mouth hung open. The man with the machine gun was avidly staring at Scarlett, who wasn't doing a single thing to discourage his attentions. Gilder had the distinct impression she enjoyed all the attention she got from men and the more, the better.

"Hey, were you listening to me?"

"H-huh?" the man stammered, turning slightly to look at Gilder.

"Were you listening?" Gilder asked with a smile, "or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?"

"I ---"

"Look again."

The man looked over at Scarlett again, who by this time had quit with the posturing and was appraising him instead. "I'm Scarlett, like this rogue here mentioned, but I thought I'd give you my name personally," she purred. Scarlett shook her head and smiled disarmingly. "So what's your name then, hmmm? Anything else you'd like to know about me, anything at all, do ask...."

The long-haired gunman stared at her for a moment, then a look of pain crossed his face as his leg appeared to cramp up on him. He somewhat bravely endured the pain, even if he looked somewhat an idiot by walking in small circles, then slowly stood upright. "Ah... sorry about that... my name's Laguna. I... uh..."

"Here," Gilder interjected, pressing three small Sacri crystals into his hand. "I don't know how long your magic'll last you, but if your leg's that bad you might want these to heal sometime."

Laguna took the crystals, smiling wryly. "It isn't really injured, you know, it's just..."

"Yes?" Gilder asked, looking at him. Scarlett had gone back to the sultry poses.

Laguna began to sweat.

---

R-Votes to Laguna, Virtual Cat, Isaac (Gilder gave three healing crystals to Laguna, let's say he gives one to each of his teammates later)

1 A-Vote, 2 R-Votes, 2 SP remaining.

Edited by: Slipstream at: 6/3/02 8:10:01 pm
Nova Quinn
RTT: Black Mage
Posts: 201
(6/3/02 8:06:02 pm)

Re: Owchie-wow-wow!
The beeping on his arm thingie getting faster, BM figured that he must be running toward someone friendly...

Running past an intersection, BM all of a sudden heard his beeping getting slower. Turning around he ran at top speed toward Billy.

"Billy! They're after me!! Help!"
"Calm down, now who's after you?"
"A guy who looks like me, and a kid with a staff. They got Kuja!!!"
Both of them skidded to a halt in front of Vivi and Ivan.
"Where's Kuja?"
"Right behind you." said Kuja.
"Good. Now it's time to go at this..."
Focusing all of his magical energies, BM suddenly smiles, as Ivan turns and smacks an unsuspecting Vivi hard over the head with his staff, followed by Kaze.
Kaze and Vivi both attack Ivan, followed by each other.
All three of them lie on the ground, having all hit each other.


"Good, now if you guys don't mind, it's STAB TIME!!!"
BM runs to Kaze's fallen body, stabs him a few times, and retreats behind Kuja and Billy.

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CASUALTY LIST

1 A-Vote to Kaze
Manipulate casted on Vivi, Ivan, and Kaze
Vivi's A-Votes go to hit Ivan and Kaze
Kaze's A-Votes go to hit Vivi and Ivan
Ivan's A-Votes go to hit Vivi and Kaze
3 A-Votes, 0 R-Votes, 11SP remaining.





Nova Quinn/ Black Mage/ Ragnarok

Edited by: Nova Quinn at: 6/3/02 8:07:48 pm
Shizuyoko
RTT::Laguna Loire
Posts: 29
(6/3/02 8:09:01 pm)

Re: Act 1, Scene 7 - "Tentacle"
Hey, Bugenhagen, don't take anything personal. This is first and foremost a game, all right?

Laguna Loire - eminent statesman and clumsy guy


"I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors, but I think that God's got a sick sense of humor."

Baka
Wind Seer
Posts: 75
(6/3/02 8:11:49 pm)

Re: Act 1, Scene 7 - "Tentacle"
And if we're talking about people not being together, Nova, like you complained about in that email, Kaze isn't with my team yet.

Whee. Ow.


Baka // Wind Seer // Salva Nos

Merton Dew
RTT: Mog
The Main Moogle

Posts: 2560
(6/3/02 8:12:46 pm)

ezSupporter

Kupo
        Mog leaned on his lance, waiting for the fun to begin. "That funky dragon man said we were supposed to have team members, kupo. They better show up soon, or I'm starting the party without them." The sound of metal grating againt metal echoed through the corridor Mog stood in. The aliens were coming. As Mog gripped his lance, a jagged pincer ripped through the metal wall, clawing its way through the solid steel. The alien peered through the gash it had made in the wall, spotting the small Moogle with its one bulbous eye. It let out a high-pitched screech as it began to pull itself into the hallway. "Who invited you?!" the startled Moogle inquired, gripping his lance. "Oh well, let's dance! Kupo!"

        Mog sidestepped as the creature's pincer claw came down in a striking blow. Without hesitation, he charged the alien, lance in front of him. The monster swung it's long arm at him, but the swift Moogle simply ducked and rolled under it. Mog lunged toward the creature and shoved his lance into it's face. It screamed in pain as the weapon gouged out its eye. The alien blindly flailed about, snapping its pincers and hoping to cut the furry creature to ribbons. But Mog danced in and out of its deadly claws, not missing a step. "Let's fire it up!" the slick Moogle shouted, beginning to perform one of his powerful, magical dances. An eerie blue fire engulfed the monster, and a ghostly spectre danced among the flames. With one last ear-splitting screech, the alien collapsed to the floor, burned from the inside out.

        "Piece of cake. Now to find my teammates and bust up the competition. Kupo!" With that, he started down the hallway, looking for some excitement.

---
Between sleep (which I didn't get enough of), work, and a screwy internet connection, I didn't know if I would even be able to participate in this round. But I finally made it.

Edit: Here, I'll toss out some guesses for the minigame. Scientists in G4, aliens in L7, and military in M1.

Edited by: Merton Dew at: 6/3/02 8:39:01 pm
Bugenhagen
RTT: Billy Lee Black
Posts: 782
(6/3/02 8:13:56 pm)

No...
Billy stared ahead blankly. As far as he knew, these people had done nothing wrong. This Vivi, this Ivan, were innocent. Yet Black Mage said that it was they who were attacking them, and Kuja was already fighting...

Screams... Horror... Why? Why must we fight to survive?

He didn't want to hurt innocents.

Billy stared forward at these two. If they did attack us... Billy pushed the thought out of his mind. They did them no wrong! They were innocent!

"Come on, Billy!" shouted Black Mage. "What are you waiting for?"

No... no... I can't

"They attacked us," said Kuja. "They deserve to die."

Why must we fight?

Shaking, Billy lifted his gun. What am I doing? he asked himself? I can't do this... I can... no!

Not to kill he said to himself. Just injure...

Billy fired two shots. He then turned, cast Goddess Call on himself, Kuja, and Black Mage, and they ran out of the area at an incredible speed. Tears were streaming down his face.

Why...?

---

I've done a Leg Shot on both Ivan and Vivi. Shame... I had wanted to be friends with you guys...

1 A
4 R's
2 SP's

--

Sponsoring Billy Lee Black

Edited by: Bugenhagen at: 6/3/02 8:20:42 pm
AsylumXKP
RTT::Conker
Posts: 37
(6/3/02 8:15:13 pm)

Re: Owchie-wow-wow!
Bowser and Conker ran as fast as they could finally reaching a cafeteria.

"Hey! Food!" Conker exclaimed, looking at what they had to serve. "Let's see... Chili, Chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, old microwaved pizza, peas, cheeseburgers, hotdogs--"

Bowser yelled "HOT DOGS!" before Conker could grab one, the Koopa King grabbed all of them and shoved them in his mouth. The turtle had a gleeful look on his face.

"Oh sure, leave ME some. Enjoy the taste of pig's ass. Prick." Conker grabbed some chicken and mashed potatoes. After the two stuffed their faces with food, Bowser noticed something.

"Hey Conker, what happened to all your stitches and bandages?" to Bowsers suprise, the squirrel was free of scars.

"Oh that? Cartoon Law Volume 5, Article 51: All forms of injuries will dissappear once they are no longer needed." Conker recited the law from memory.

"Eh? Cartoon Law?" asked Bowser eying the squirrel strangely.

"Well, like most universes have their own laws of physics and rules, our's is ruled by Cartoon Physics. Cartoon Law is a massive encyclopedia of these physics."

"Physics? What are you talking about?" asked the baffled king.

"Well physics-- Ahh nevermind. I'm going to grab a Doggie Bag for our samurai friend. We need to head back and see how he did. Maybe I can go back and take some pot shots as well." Conker finished with a grin.

---
Conker is equipped with a Doggie Bag

1 R-vote to Bowser
1 R-vote to Darkken (When he get's his food of course)


=== Lvl 1 Adept. 2 Attack Votes (-2, PARALYZE), 2 Reversal Votes, 14 Special Points


"Oh yeah, I'm gonna get tanked tonight!"

daigohji
RTT: Ryo Hazuki
Posts: 15
(6/3/02 8:21:20 pm)
Tornado Kick vs. Ougi: Solarian Pride
The situation within the complex was becoming ever more desperate. Sounds of fighting and pain, both close and afar, could be heard almost constantly. Ryo was glad of his strange companion for they had run into several monsters already in their exploration of the military base. He had learned long ago from his battles alongside Master Chen’s son that two together could achieve far more than either one could alone. What’s more, Shadow had proven quite capable in combat in his own right.

As they turned a corner Ryo felt his right ear pop from a sudden change in air pressure. An instant later came the sound of something ricocheting off the wall behind him. Ryo grabbed Shadow’s arm and pulled the hedgehog back around the corner where they flattened up against the wall. They listened intently and could just make out the crackling of a voice over a radio somewhere down the corridor. Ryo inched along the wall and peered cautiously around the corner. Almost immediately he heard a muffled ’thnk, thnk, thnk’ followed by two more impacts on the far wall and one inches from the young man’s face causing him to dart back under cover.

“A silenced rifle” Shadow commented grimly. “Let us pray that they do not have another sniper flanking us. It would be best to back-track swiftly and find another way.”

Ryo sprinted back the way that he had come, with Shadow easily keeping pace alongside with the glide of his boots only just coming into action. This time they rounded a corner that they had previously ignored … and ran straight into a small group of strangers. Shadow’s frictionless boots made it impossible for him to stop in time causing him to crash heavily into the man in front. He had a fairly large build and wore full armour, but lacked any head protection and was knocked out cold as the hedgehog’s head collided with his own. The now unconscious form of Garai fell backward on top of a frail woman with grey hair, pinning her to the ground. Shadow too was in a poor state, clearly having been disoriented by the blow to his head.

This left only two people standing. Ryo, who had adopted his attack stance and a man with long hair in a pony-tail and a tiny pair of spectacles balanced on his nose.

“You two are clearly not part of the military incursion upon this facility”, the older man stated. “I take it then that you are contestants.”

Ryo nodded in acknowledgement, not taking his eyes from the oddly calm stranger for an instant. “My name’s Ryo Hazuki.”

“And I am called Citan Uzuki” the older man said, flicked his pony-tail back casually. “That is an interesting combat stance” Citan commented, “what style is it?”

“Hazuki Ryu, my father’s form of Jujitsu” Ryo told him.

“Interesting” Citan smiled, “A method of combat passed down from parent to child. I have known others who were taught in such a manner. I, myself, have no such close connection. I was taught the ancient killing arts of my homeland to do precisely that; kill. It was cold and sterile … but I have left all that behind me now.”

Ryo thought he understood what the man was saying and continued to listen.

“We have something in common though, you and I. We have been summoned here to fight but not to kill. So, Ryo Hazuki, I have a simple proposition. Your Hazuki Jujitsu against my Solarian killing arts in a straightforward match with no malice. Do you accept?”

“I accept” Ryo answered flatly.

Citan smiled and moved into his own fighting stance, turning sideways and bending his knees slightly. Since he knew that his life was not at stake in this match Ryo decided to make the first move. He quickly closed the distance between them and delivered two solid punches at Citan’s mid-section in a basic Pit Blow manoeuvre. The older man dodged the first punch and deflected the second away. Both then returned to their initial stance. After a moment Citan made a similarly basic attack a sweep from the back of his open hand aimed at Ryo’s neck. The younger man easily deflected the blow up and over his head. Citan continued to twist with the motion however and swung his leg up into a kick at Ryo’s side. This attack did not impact either as Ryo blocked it by bringing up his own shin.

Once again both men returned to their initial stances. The first exchange had simply been intended to get the measure of each other.

“That was an interesting tactic” Citan noted. “A weak deflection that encouraged me into a second attack, but your second block put me completely off balance.”

“An open-handed style, is it?” Ryo also expanded on what he had so far seen. “I’ve not encountered many of those.”

“The key is in the correct alignment of the bones in the hand” Citan explained, almost as if instructing him. “You curve the palm like so” he illustrated. “Now, let us begin.”

The warm-up concluded, the two warriors advanced on each other. They exchanged a swift flurry of blows; an intricate tapestry of attack, deflection and counter that ended with Ryo striking the older man with a lunging knee strike to the stomach. This stunned him, but not for long. This time Citan made the first move, with a swift reverse sweeping kick to Ryo’s right knee. The teenager raised his leg to block it but Citan hooked his leg around and attempted to knock Ryo over. The unexpected move threw him off balance momentarily, but the younger man propelled himself upward with his other leg and used his arms to regain balance as he landed. Citan was still rising to his feet, which gave his opponent an opening. Ryo ran forward, leaping upward and spinning with the force of his arms to deliver the Tornado Kick. Both parts of the double flying spin-kick impacted solidly on the side of Citan’s head, knocking him up against the wall.

As he recovered, Ryo could see that the older man’s face had suddenly become as cold as stone. Citan took up a subtly different attack stance before launching himself at Ryo with unbelievable speed. Indeed he seemed little more than a blur as he thrust his palms forward and struck Ryo twice on the chest with the force of a sledgehammer. The teenager was knocked sprawling to the ground, winded. As he watched the young man gasping for breath Citan’s expression softened into concern and he offered his hand, helping Ryo to his feet.

“Wh-what was that?” the young Hazuki panted.

“The deathblow, Ougi” Citan told him grimly. “I must apologise, Ryo. When you struck me my ‘programming’ took over, as it were. I have tried hard to tone down my attacks, but the killing arts are all but hard-wired into my nature. Had your defence not been so swift, I dare not think the harm I could have done to you.”

“Don’t worry about it” Ryo said as he slowly got his breath back, “we all go a little crazy sometimes.”

“Now, how can I make it up to you”, Citan tapped his cheek thoughtfully. “I know, I will instruct you in some of my more advanced techniques. You probably won’t be able to execute them all at first, but I can at least show you the basic form.”

Some time later the others began to come to. Ryo helped Shadow to his feet and offered him a refreshing can of soda to clear his head. Citan helped his team-mates to their feet and without another word the two groups parted.

- - - - - -

Summary:

1 A-vote to Garai
1 A-vote to Blue/Rouge
1 A-vote to Citan

1 R-vote to Shadow
1 R-vote to Lise


OOC: Yeesh, that was a loooong fight. And I always wanted to use one of those cheesy Kenshin style titles. :D

EDIT: Continuity? What damn continuity? *smacks forehead*


Shadow :: Lise :: Ryo
We are Thrill Seekers
"Have you seen a black car?"

Edited by: daigohji at: 6/3/02 8:48:59 pm
Baka
Wind Seer
Posts: 76
(6/3/02 8:21:40 pm)

Act 1, Scene 8 - "Pain"
Things weren't going well. Not only did they have the beast to contend with, but the wreckage from their blasts was hitting them, and someone was sniping them from out of nowhere! Ivan was willing to put it down to the military people - but he couldn't be sure.

Residual sparks from his attack were still going off, but now he was mostly drained. Too much was happening.. he couldn't last much longer.

Where is our last team-mate...

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Residual sparks hit Garai with an Absorb, healing Vivi.


Baka // Wind Seer // Salva Nos

Edited by: Baka at: 6/3/02 9:59:18 pm
Tyrus Alfudore
Customer
Posts: 26
(6/3/02 8:23:58 pm)
Re: Owchie-wow-wow!
HEY GUYS I dont' know if you noticed, but after I did the shockwave I WALKED AWAY! I don't mind you guys playing Kuja, but at least keep some of the facts straight. Bugey's earlier post about us running into each other was fine, it's just the whole shockwave insident happened before it!

Tyrus

Edited by: Tyrus Alfudore at: 6/3/02 8:30:56 pm
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