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The two time tournament champion steps into the ring once more! I'd say that to most this would be an intimidating first draw but, we're a fearless bunch here in the RDS and I'm sure that Sentren is looking forward to the challenge. How will it turn out? Will Senstren make a name and move on or will Anita get one step closer to her third title. Ya all know there's just one way to find out.....

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Senstren walked into the ring without a word. He had new armor on, chainmail version of his usual platemail, in order to give him as much mobility as possible. He had enchanted leather armor on under this, and he had also enchanted some cargo pants. The overall effect was the appearance of being almost completely defenceless. He had Nameless, his usual weapon, in a sheath on his back. His knife, Retribution, was in a sheath on his right, and The Western Star, a rapier, was on his left. He had taken the time to stretch beforehand, in order to avoid wasting time. He drew the Western Star with his right hand, and Retribution with his left. He made a salute to his opponent, and then assumed the en-guard position, beginning to form spells in his mind.

((What time zone do you live in?))

((Thats ok, just as long as we can get more than a post a day, it should'nt be a problem.))

Senstren unleashed a defensive spell quickly, and unfortunately it was sloppy. The spell managed to take a good amount of the cards, but several made it through the shield and struck his chainmail. The chainmail protected Senstren, but a single card left a horizontal cut across his left cheek. He winced in pain, but did not let that hesitate his movement. He began a fleche (sp? basically a sprint towards the enemy, which is going to end with a lunge) with his rapier aimed slightly downwards and to the left. He held Retribution out in front of him, summoning energy. He arranged a spell in his mind, and released it, creating forked lightning, and launching it at Anita.

Senstren was not expecting the speed of the counter. All he could do in time was tilt his head back to make sure that his nose was'nt broken. Instead, it his his jaw, causing him to bite down on his tounge, hard. With blood leaking out of his mouth, he did a crossover retreat to get away from Anita. During the retreat, he flicked his rapier towards her arm, hoping to leave a gash across any important blood vessels possible, or at least keep her at a distance to let him collect himself and get ready for the next attack.

The time it took for her to mend her wounds was just what Senstren needed. He retreated to about ten feet away, and kept his enguard position. With Retribution still in his left hand, he began to assemble another spell to use on the Western Star. It would take awhile because of the type of magic the rapier was enchanted with, but it would be effective. He stood still, hoping that Anita would think that he was merely out of breath, rather than preparing a spell.

Senstren finished assembling the spell and quickly unleashed it. Golden flames suddenly poured down the length of the Western Star. At the same time as this, Senstren lunged forward, bringing the blade down in a vertical slash, aiming at Anita's head.

Instead of trying to dodge away from the blow, Senstren moved his head closer. He was hit by Anita's hand which merely increased the amount of blood comming from his mouth, but did'nt do as much damage as the weapon would have done. The hit still knocked him to the side however, Anita now to his right. He quickly recaught his balance and lashed out in a horizontal strike toards Anita's back.

This was an attack which Senstren had not been expecting. The kick struck him in the side of the right knee. He fell to the ground and rolled away to make some distance between Anita and himself. Once he was about 15 feet away, he brought himself up to his hands and knees, panting. His leg hurt a lot, but not to the point where he would'nt be able to stand. For now he just stayed where he was on his hands and knees, looking at the ground slightly in front of him. He began to fit a spell together, keeping an eye on Anita's location.

((Sorry, Edit. I forgot that I was carrying a sword and a knife.))

((Insert after 2nd sentence smile ) Senstren let go of the weapons he was holding and grabbed his knee. The blades flew to the sides of the ring and clattered to the ground.