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 Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:40 pm
The final setting for this round of the tournament is on a quivering mountain.....Or rather, a volcano. Ash is being puffed into the air, and an ancient city is in the background. Ancient flags with strange markings flutter in the city below, and it seems as if the two fighters have traveled back in time to the great city of Pompeii. Within the day the volcano is definite to erupt. Not so dormant after all, hm?
Positive Elements;;
Wind
Fire
Negative Elements;;
Ice
Earth
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:58 pm
Upon the top of this fiery volcano full of lava, Cyrus could feel tremendous heat escaping this mountain of fire and molten rock. His ice magic would be a alot weaker around the inside of the volcano, yet the outside he'd be a lot safer to use the ice if not for a bit longer. This heat was making him sweat inside his helm, but he made sure to keep it on. This was something of great importance and would test his skills if he was truly a dark knight. He would give it his all to be victorious and prevail over his opponent "......And leave it to Neciel to stick me into a barbecue to fry, it could blow at any moment........whatever, I just need to wait for my opponent until they come....." he whispered to himself.
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:12 am
Gabrielle arrived at the volcano shortly after her opponent. She could see the silhouette of her adversary close to the volcano top. She walked slowly, analyzing her surroundings. The settings were not that different from her previous fight settings. It quickly seemed obvious that her control over water would be weaken due to the overall heat in the air, however not as weaken as in the desert as some humidity could be felt in the air.
Noticing the city in the distance she dared closing her eyes a moment and whispered a prayer for the peace of the souls eaten by the volcano. The direct linked of the volcano to the concept of death was putting the Holy Knight not at ease. But she breathed deeply and thought about all the beautiful plants coming from the side of volcanoes, bringing life around them. The thought brought some light in her heart and she felt better.
She reached her adversary and bowed silently. She looked at him with intrigued eyes. He was obviously a man. She could say as much by his overall body appearance, but his face and overall head was hidden in an helm. She removed her cape with a slow movement, revealing her black clothes and both her katanas. She just did not want to have her movements impeded by her cape, especially that with the heat around, she did not need a cape...
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:48 pm
Cyruses hidden eyes over that dark helm upon the female warrior now walking towards him. Besides seeing her wearing black clothing as she tossed her cape to the side of the volcano, he could only assume she was a part of the red guard or a holy knight. Bearing two katana's on both sides made him think to what skills she could accomplish with these weapons. Two swords were always better than one but he would find out in this fight. Yet out of that, her eyes looking upon his helm reminded him of all who gave to curiosity what he was hiding. This helm he wore was more than a simple means to protect his head from being smashed open like a melon. It had a hidden meaning only one person in Cyruses family could ever hope to understand.
However in any case, seeing her toss her cape aside to prevent it from getting in the way for their fight made him make a gesture almost like he was chuckling a bit under his helm. This volcano would prove to be useful if he kept that cape on. Yet at the risk he could get too hot and probably get heat exaustion. He reached up his neck where the cape connected and unbuttoned it so it would be free off of his body, then simply used his shadow magic to put his cape in the space of his own shadow, as to not have it ruined by the ash or get it burned by any magma to arrive out the side of the volcano. When he was revealed to Gabrelle now without a cape, she could see his sheathed sword on his left hip along with his crossbow armguard on his left arm. This crossbow was a weird design yet not seen by human eyes, but it looked like it could fire arrows at a good rate of fire like any regular crossbow gun. Once hegot another look at her bowing to him he returned the same feeling to her by giving her a gentleman's bow, but only for that moment. Once he rose up from the bow he simply spoke loud enough for her to hear ".......May i ask the name of the warrior I'm about to fight?....."
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:01 am
Gabrielle observed the design of his weapons with attention. His crossbow was quite unique, but the only thing which stroke the woman was a Not again...! feeling. During her previous fight, her opponent had been using mostly a bow. Well...I suppose that I will excel into cutting in half arrows before the end of the tournament! smirked the woman to herself. She felt in someway relieved that he was wearing a sword. Aqual was at her belt and Eosy on her back as usual and she was in a good mood to use them both with...or without the control of the elements.
As he asked for her name, she had a moment of hesitation. I see that he did not introduce himself first... But as a Holy Knight giving her name to someone who asked for it was...almost a duty. She noted how his voice was strange under his helm. He must be cooking under that... she mentally smiled. "I am Gabrielle Camille, Sir." she gave a quick nod which moved the fabric of her black shirt, revealing her black onyx cross at her neck. The pendant was never leaving her... She added. " And may I know who I have the honor to fight?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:45 pm
Cyrus had both his arms streched out near his hips with each fingertip out like he had a pair of wings opening up preparing to fly up with one flap. His head curled in a bit so a gleam came off his helm from the sun "....I am know as Cyrus, the shadow assassin of the dark knights..." As he gave his name to Gabrielle, a dark aura appeared around his being with a glowing of red through the visor of his helm. This aura surrounding Cyrus had a violet color compared to the main two that represented the hearts of all living things. Red representing hatred and pain, while blue representing happiness and peace. This aura had the combination of the two making Cyrus capable of doing and accomplishing both good and evil though he may be a dark knight.
His aura then faded almost like a dream making him look normal again with his helm losing that red glow. This aura he showed was something interesting but not to be taken lightly as he spoke hopefully making herself ready for battle "Gabrielle.....I await your move...." Cyrus simply spoke his last words as he got into his stance for the battle. His hand on the hand of his sword waiting to unsheath it to do battle his opponent. For this would be the time
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:36 pm
Gabrielle's eyes narrowed as the man introduced himself. She had little pity for Dark Knights even more for assassins, especially for The shadow assassin... She had vaguely heard about him. What the rumors and old women tales were saying nothing more...and nothing first hand. So she disregarded the few information she had. What the woman followed with attention was the glow which surrounded the helmed man for a moment. This was a very unique color. She had seen red aura around demonic beings as they gathered energy and she knew herself able to create a soft blue glow around herself. But a violet aura... So there might be some good in him...? she wondered.
As he pressed her to move first, she took Eosy from her back. The wind sword was in her right hand, while her second katana was still at her right side, enabling her to catch it quickly with her left hand if needed. She started spiraling around her opponent, getting closer to him at each step. She was slowly taking notes of upward warm air flows coming from the floor which showed where magma vents were located. That could become handy...
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:30 pm
Cyrus watched her move towards him with her movements almost like the winds. Watching her pull that blade out he pulled his out with his right hand as she came half way towards him. It was a fine unique sword with some strange writing in it's base. Like the detail was that of an alchemist design. He would see now if her blade could match up against his as he ran forward with that movement of a snake in a 'S' motion. His sword was across his chest in that right hand while his left arm was curled back reading his crossbow guard for Gabrielle's other sheathed sword she may bring out later.
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:25 am
Gabrielle carefully watched his movements as his head followed hers. She did not like not being able to see his face, especially his eyes. Eyes were telling a lot about an opponent. I will have to pay attention to his body's language then I suppose...
As he ran towards her, making zigzag movements, she froze. When he arrived in closer range, she started backing up, not as fast as he was going forward, leaving some distance close between them. His weakness with such an attack was his elbow. From that angle there were only so many attacks he could do without making a deep movement leaving his chest unprotected.
She waited, just before he would have attacked or extended his arm, she cut towards his elbow. Her blade was fast. Her aim perfect. If her blade was sharp, her arm remained loose as she went on backing up. She was already preparing herself to parry and riposte in case her attack missed.
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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:10 pm
Cyrus knew he had Gabrielle go to a more defensive style with this running he was using. Yet he was open if he missed her with a horizontal, she would use that to dodge and get a clean shot it. For what Cyrus had in mind as he grew closer to Gabrielle, he noticed an opening in her stance as she waited for his attack. With all this in play, Cyrus had only to make his move. For he hoped she would be in a defensive situation and have her feet split apart from each other for a blocking stance.
Cyrus had little power with his ice magic cause it would last only so long. So he would be in for some scrapes and burns later but it be worth it. For his left arm had an arrow secretly cocked on the crossbow guard as it was hidden behind his backside so she'd be distracted for the moment with his blade. He did something that would make her grow stunned and probably angry at the same time, Cyrus went into a baseball slide and slid in between her legs with his sword and crossbow being the last thing she saw before he went under her. Cyrus tricked her so Gabrielle would be defenseless for that moment. Leaving a trail of dust as he slide away from Gabrielle, Cyrus quickly aimed his arrow to her lower back near her kidneys with the close range he had and fired a metal arrow from his crossbow.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:59 pm
Gabrielle saw him rushing towards her. Before she could realize the man was on the floor, in a trail of dust, passing between...her legs?! The woman could not understand how coming from in front of her, and herself having one leg forward and the other backward as she was retrieving, the man could have made this lateral move. She stayed stunned a second. Can he teleport!? she wondered.
Before she had analyzed further the situation, she lost her balance. The movement between her legs had stopped her backing up and an insidious rock put itself on her way. Before she had the time to gasp, she was on the floor. As she realized where she was, she rolled to the side, to see an arrow passing a couple of inches above her. She froze. A being of deception and betrayal...despite his violet aura, he does not worth more than the others.... She was angry, not to mention that the man had passed between her legs!
She quickly stood up looking at the dust left by the man. She did not leave Cyrus time to disappear in the cloud and charged. Her arm fully extended, aiming her point attack at her opponent. While running towards him, her second hand grabbed Aqual.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:46 pm
Cyrus rose up from the dust after his slide came to a halt and had another arrow in the crossbow ready for her. 'She's not bad.....Was it luck she was able to avoided it?......' Cyrus pondered for a moment then found his focus as she can running at him 'Looks like she's not too pleased with that move' He stabbed his sword into the ground and went to one knee with both hands on the rocking volcano earth 'This may be a moment but it should work' as she grew half way towards him he focused his ki energy and let it out in one shot burst making the volcano ground between Gabrielle and Cyrus. It went under her feet as a means to slip up her running towards him.
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:46 pm
Gabrielle was running towards Cyrus when he need and jabbed his sword in the floor. The movement of the earth echoed under the woman's feet. He can control the earth... she analyzed, but her interpretation did not go further as she started losing her balance again. I am not going to fall again! she fulminated.
She was upstream compared to the helmed man and therefore the slope added to the resonance of the ground increased her speed. She let her unsteadiness push her forwards and rather than trying not to fall used the momentum to do a forward somersault. The overall movement made her lose some speed and would probably give time to her opponent to get ready for her attack, but that was better than falling. One more second and her blades would be in touching range of her opponent. Eosy pointed forward, Aqual immobile from her left hip to her right shoulder.
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:17 pm
Cyrus was impressed to see Gabrielle use his own element against him 'Alright then!' then readying a frontal assault he got up and pulled his cold blade from the ground. His crossbow's shield came in handy as he pressed the sword against the protective cover of it and braced himself for her blades from above to come raining down and confront Gabrielle face to Helm.
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:41 pm
When Gabrielle saw the shield protecting the man and his sword, she cursed silently. From the front she would have no possible opening. The man was no fool. She wasn't either. She would not risk breaking her blade on that shield. Eosy and Aqual were no common katana but she did not want to try her own luck on that one.
As she reached him, Eosy still pointed at him, she jumped to his left side, pivoting her shoulders to keep facing him. Her feet were not touching the floor anymore and it looked like she was diving rather than jumping. Keeping Eosy pointing towards Cyrus, she let herself fall towards the ground. Just before she reached the floor on her back, she armed her left hand holding Aqual and threw a wicked slice aiming at his back from his right shoulder to his left lower back. Before she could know if her blade hit her target she felt heavily on her back, unable to suppress a gasp of pain.
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