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imperial_stage2012-03-25 08:06 pm
dependently_independent) wrote in imperial_stage2012-03-25 08:06 pm
Tournament: Megaera D'ashland vs. Sara werec
WHO: Megaera D'Ashland, Sara Werec
WHAT: Girls beating on each other with swords.
WHEN: First round of the tournament, March 24rd.
WHERE: The Imperial City Colosseum.
WARNING: Some violence.
(Jisu): The flowers were all over the arena, and the calls were loud enough to make Sara cringe a little, but she took a deep breath and smiled as she walked in. She honestly didn't know a lot about who she'd be facing, but she'd done what reading she could on the subject.
(Inc): Her opponent, dressed in red with a witch's hat, seemed most unusual for two reasons. One, her appearance felt 'soft' - as if she were not very strong. No scars covered her - could she really be a combatant? Second, was that she had two weapons on her belt - a thin rapier, and, strangely, a whip - which definitely seemed an odd choice for a tournament.
(Inc): The girl's step seemed quite confident, however, as she walked into the open, facing Sara with a smile.
(Inc): Her hand tenses in between the two weapons - however, she doesn't yet seem to commit, as if waiting for Sara to make the first move.
(Jisu): Sara nodded politely and smiled back. Portions of the crowd were already murmuring to themselves or getting up to go to the washroom. Sara tried not to notice.
(Jisu): The signal went, and she drew out two long, thin swords.
(Inc): The woman in red started to mutter something, reaching for her whip - but not yet striking. Obviously, she was waiting for Sara to approach first.
(Jisu): Sara concentrated. Her eyes snapped open and she rushed her opponent, stabbing forward with one of her swords.
(Inc): As Sara took her first step, the whip was out, but swinging wide. On the second, it was curving around towards her... And then, by her third step, it suddenly curved up to knock the first strike aside. As the whip connected, she felt a charge of electrical energy course through the sword into her hand.
(Jisu): "Gyah!" Sara dropped the sword and twitched her hand, biting down hard to try and stave off the pain. Once she got to her senses, she moved to grab the sword back.
(Inc): Megaera took the shot, quickly swinging to strike - this time, there was no special charge, but the whip could still sting if it hit skin. Her look was one of simple concentration - no fury of battle. Not yet.
(Jisu): Sara sensed it this time and jumped out of the way as she grabbed her fallen sword. With one in each hand, she watched Megaera.
(Inc): MEgaera carefully took a few steps back. Her whip had reach, and she planned to use it. She started to mutter under her breath again - Sara could now tell she was casting spells into the whip, thus the electrical burst...
(Jisu): "I see." Sara grinned and ran toward her, trying to close the distance.
(Inc): This time, Megaera struch for Sara's legs - the whip seeming to animate to try and tie both legs and trip her.
(Jisu): She jumped. There was something stronger about it than normal, bringing her higher up than she looked capable of.
(Jisu): Sara brought her two swords down.
(Inc): And struck. Her opponent just wasn't quick enough to react - even a backstep still left her cleanly hit with both blades across her torso, causing her to shout in pain as she jumped back - the whip trying again to trip Sara, this time from behind.
(Jisu): Sara landed but tripped up, though she managed to stay standing. Concentrate.
(Inc): Suddenly, her opponent's other hand was moving for her sword with a free hand, moving to make a quick strike of her own!
(Jisu): Sara quickly countered with one sword and pulled to stab with the other.
(Inc): The whip, now distangling itself, came up to quickly deflect the stab - followed by MEgaera's foot striking at Sara's torso. Worse - her boots had heels. That could hurt if she hit...
(Jisu): Sara twitched a little just before Megaera moved. She jumped back just in time to dodge.
(Inc): Taking the chance, Megaera stepped back as well, beginning to mutter yet another spell... Who knew what she'd do THIS time? Worse... The bleeding from Sara's strike had already stopped. She hadn't hit that weakly, right?
(Jisu): Was she healing herself? Sara watched carefully and ran towards her again, intending to make it look the same as usual.
(Inc): And this time, it was the whip - again... Except Megaera was swinging it upwards?
(Jisu): Sara moved to the side -- no, twirled to the side, with her spinning blades out extending her range.
(Inc): And then, the very tip of the whip cracked - a sudden wave of force striking Sara from above as she spun, even as the blades nicked Megaera's raised arm, causing her to yelp in pain.
(Jisu): "Ngh!" Sara tumbled to the ground like a falling top; her swords clattered to the side.
(Inc): Megaera's whip dropped from the struck arm, as she quickly tried to swing with her sword - a wild swing, mostly meant to try and force Sara away, a fact made more obvious by her backward step - which didn't move her very far away...
(Jisu): Sara rolled out of the way and grabbed one of her swords, then stabbed forward with it.l
(Inc): The quick strike was enough to strike Megaera's side, causing her to cry out once more... Her cry seemed somehow angry. She took another swing of her own, this one much better aimed than before.
(Jisu): Sara's eyes widened. She pulled up the sword to block and jumped back to grab the other sword.
(Inc): As Sara stepped back, Megaera's hand went to her side. That strike had definitely hurt her... Muttering again, she realized that she'd pretty much have to end the match on this spell. Too much longer and...
(Jisu): Sara ran -- but not towards Megaera. She aimed to get past her.
(Inc): This surprised Megaera - she stepped aside, and turned to look were the girl was moving...
(Jisu): She put out her foot to skid to a stop and slashed to the side.
(Jisu): "If you want to do something, you have to do everything you can to get there." She smiled at her opponent. "Right?"
(Inc): Megaera's sidestep had cleared her from the path of Sara's strike. "An odd time to discuss ideals, I'd think," she responded.
(Jisu): Sara followed up by turning around and forward, her other sword still out at her other side. "You're wrong about that."
(Inc): Another step back left Megaera's foot by her whip - a quick flick sent the handle flying back to her hand. She was still obviously hurt... But the bleeding was still less than Sara would have expected. "Oh?"
(Jisu): "It's the most natural time!" Sara turned to face her and raised both her arms. "I can see what you're doing, but I still can't understand it. Are you healing yourself as you fight?"
brewsyourface left the room.
brewsyourface entered the room.
(Inc): Megaera glared at Sara. Drat... She'd caught on. "Sorta," she replied, before suddenly taking a swing with the whip.
(Jisu): At the same time, Sara brought both her swords down on her.
(Inc): Then... The whip seemed to strike like an explosive, shoving Sara back even as her strikes hit - pulling the blades back and causing another shriek of pain. "AGH!"
(Jisu): Sara screamed as she flew back, almost into the side of the ring.
(Inc): As Sara was knocked back, Megaera winced. "Urgh... Was that..." Slowly, one her her knees started to shake.
(Jisu): Sara, at the same time, started to twitch and try to pull herself up.
(Inc): Raising her sword, Megaera tried to put a smile on her face. "You done yet?"
(Jisu): Sara struggled to her feet and picked up her sword. "I... can still try!"
(Inc): "Heh... Don't wear yourself too thin. There's still the rest of the court festival to enjoy, you know." Then, she started to step in... One knee clearly shaking... But why not the other?
(Jisu): "Don't worry." Sara followed her lead, keeping herself up. "When I decide to start something, I'll finish it."
(Inc): Megaera grinned. "Heh... We'll see if you can keep to that." Cooling down a little now, she started to prepare another spell...
(Jisu): And Sara upped her speed and concentrated, trying to see what she would do.
(Inc): The spell finished... And Megaera didn't move. Sara couldn't even be sure her opponent had enchanted her whip - was she able to enchant the sword too?
(Jisu): The only thing to do was to try, right? She did another spinning charge.
brewsyourface: (night! thanks for the entertainment)
brewsyourface left the room.
(Inc): And then, Megaera raised her sword... which seemed to pull both of Sara's blades towards it, as if it were suddenly magnetized. It'd be a fair feat of strength or motion to keep them on-course... But if Sara could pull it off, she'd have an easy hit.
(Jisu): Sara gasped and tightened her grip on her swords. Come on... She sharpened her gaze and followed the course of the draw.
(Inc): ... And struck clear, hitting Megaera just below her sword - her torso, again. Megaera tried to step back... But the magnetic spell was still working, pulling Sara's blades towards her!
(Jisu): "Ngh!" Sara tried to guide them, but it was getting stronger and more difficult the closer she got. Was Megaera trying to lose? Well, she'd try to get her to give up, at least...
(Inc): Megaera obviously hadn't planned this, quickly spinning her sword to keep it from messing her over.
(Jisu): Sara's swords clashed against Megaera's, and Sara pulled hard to control them. She forced them forward in another X motion, meaning to at least try to knock her down and make her give up.
(Inc): Megaera responded by simply dropping her blade, jumping back... Landing on the shaking leg, which buckled at her weight, sending her collapsing to the floor with a yelp.
(Inc): "Ur... Urgh..."
(Jisu): Sara, with a sharp intake of breath and digging in her heels, plunged her swords into the ground.
(Jisu): "You're okay, right?"
(Inc): "... Heh..." Megaera couldn't help but grin. "... I'll recover." Pushing herself up, she looked towards Sara. "But... That's enough. You've won this."
(Jisu): As the verdict went, Sara held out her hand and smiled. "It's like you said: you have the rest of Spring Court, right?"
(Inc): "... No kidding."
(Jisu): "I'm Sara." The greeting wasn't really necessary -- the announcer was already rambling about the Princess of Zeon's submitted history and statistics for whoever in the audience thought that was useful information. "That was kind of fun."
(Inc): "Megaera D'Ashland. Good round."
(Inc): Carefully, Megaera got up on her good leg. "... Urgh..."
(Inc): Finally, a couple of arena medics came to help Megaera out of the arena, some people cheering at the end to a surprisingly interesting match.
(Jisu): Sara waved at the crowd. This was going to be a good Spring Court. Now who was next...?
WHAT: Girls beating on each other with swords.
WHEN: First round of the tournament, March 24rd.
WHERE: The Imperial City Colosseum.
WARNING: Some violence.
(Jisu): The flowers were all over the arena, and the calls were loud enough to make Sara cringe a little, but she took a deep breath and smiled as she walked in. She honestly didn't know a lot about who she'd be facing, but she'd done what reading she could on the subject.
(Inc): Her opponent, dressed in red with a witch's hat, seemed most unusual for two reasons. One, her appearance felt 'soft' - as if she were not very strong. No scars covered her - could she really be a combatant? Second, was that she had two weapons on her belt - a thin rapier, and, strangely, a whip - which definitely seemed an odd choice for a tournament.
(Inc): The girl's step seemed quite confident, however, as she walked into the open, facing Sara with a smile.
(Inc): Her hand tenses in between the two weapons - however, she doesn't yet seem to commit, as if waiting for Sara to make the first move.
(Jisu): Sara nodded politely and smiled back. Portions of the crowd were already murmuring to themselves or getting up to go to the washroom. Sara tried not to notice.
(Jisu): The signal went, and she drew out two long, thin swords.
(Inc): The woman in red started to mutter something, reaching for her whip - but not yet striking. Obviously, she was waiting for Sara to approach first.
(Jisu): Sara concentrated. Her eyes snapped open and she rushed her opponent, stabbing forward with one of her swords.
(Inc): As Sara took her first step, the whip was out, but swinging wide. On the second, it was curving around towards her... And then, by her third step, it suddenly curved up to knock the first strike aside. As the whip connected, she felt a charge of electrical energy course through the sword into her hand.
(Jisu): "Gyah!" Sara dropped the sword and twitched her hand, biting down hard to try and stave off the pain. Once she got to her senses, she moved to grab the sword back.
(Inc): Megaera took the shot, quickly swinging to strike - this time, there was no special charge, but the whip could still sting if it hit skin. Her look was one of simple concentration - no fury of battle. Not yet.
(Jisu): Sara sensed it this time and jumped out of the way as she grabbed her fallen sword. With one in each hand, she watched Megaera.
(Inc): MEgaera carefully took a few steps back. Her whip had reach, and she planned to use it. She started to mutter under her breath again - Sara could now tell she was casting spells into the whip, thus the electrical burst...
(Jisu): "I see." Sara grinned and ran toward her, trying to close the distance.
(Inc): This time, Megaera struch for Sara's legs - the whip seeming to animate to try and tie both legs and trip her.
(Jisu): She jumped. There was something stronger about it than normal, bringing her higher up than she looked capable of.
(Jisu): Sara brought her two swords down.
(Inc): And struck. Her opponent just wasn't quick enough to react - even a backstep still left her cleanly hit with both blades across her torso, causing her to shout in pain as she jumped back - the whip trying again to trip Sara, this time from behind.
(Jisu): Sara landed but tripped up, though she managed to stay standing. Concentrate.
(Inc): Suddenly, her opponent's other hand was moving for her sword with a free hand, moving to make a quick strike of her own!
(Jisu): Sara quickly countered with one sword and pulled to stab with the other.
(Inc): The whip, now distangling itself, came up to quickly deflect the stab - followed by MEgaera's foot striking at Sara's torso. Worse - her boots had heels. That could hurt if she hit...
(Jisu): Sara twitched a little just before Megaera moved. She jumped back just in time to dodge.
(Inc): Taking the chance, Megaera stepped back as well, beginning to mutter yet another spell... Who knew what she'd do THIS time? Worse... The bleeding from Sara's strike had already stopped. She hadn't hit that weakly, right?
(Jisu): Was she healing herself? Sara watched carefully and ran towards her again, intending to make it look the same as usual.
(Inc): And this time, it was the whip - again... Except Megaera was swinging it upwards?
(Jisu): Sara moved to the side -- no, twirled to the side, with her spinning blades out extending her range.
(Inc): And then, the very tip of the whip cracked - a sudden wave of force striking Sara from above as she spun, even as the blades nicked Megaera's raised arm, causing her to yelp in pain.
(Jisu): "Ngh!" Sara tumbled to the ground like a falling top; her swords clattered to the side.
(Inc): Megaera's whip dropped from the struck arm, as she quickly tried to swing with her sword - a wild swing, mostly meant to try and force Sara away, a fact made more obvious by her backward step - which didn't move her very far away...
(Jisu): Sara rolled out of the way and grabbed one of her swords, then stabbed forward with it.l
(Inc): The quick strike was enough to strike Megaera's side, causing her to cry out once more... Her cry seemed somehow angry. She took another swing of her own, this one much better aimed than before.
(Jisu): Sara's eyes widened. She pulled up the sword to block and jumped back to grab the other sword.
(Inc): As Sara stepped back, Megaera's hand went to her side. That strike had definitely hurt her... Muttering again, she realized that she'd pretty much have to end the match on this spell. Too much longer and...
(Jisu): Sara ran -- but not towards Megaera. She aimed to get past her.
(Inc): This surprised Megaera - she stepped aside, and turned to look were the girl was moving...
(Jisu): She put out her foot to skid to a stop and slashed to the side.
(Jisu): "If you want to do something, you have to do everything you can to get there." She smiled at her opponent. "Right?"
(Inc): Megaera's sidestep had cleared her from the path of Sara's strike. "An odd time to discuss ideals, I'd think," she responded.
(Jisu): Sara followed up by turning around and forward, her other sword still out at her other side. "You're wrong about that."
(Inc): Another step back left Megaera's foot by her whip - a quick flick sent the handle flying back to her hand. She was still obviously hurt... But the bleeding was still less than Sara would have expected. "Oh?"
(Jisu): "It's the most natural time!" Sara turned to face her and raised both her arms. "I can see what you're doing, but I still can't understand it. Are you healing yourself as you fight?"
brewsyourface left the room.
brewsyourface entered the room.
(Inc): Megaera glared at Sara. Drat... She'd caught on. "Sorta," she replied, before suddenly taking a swing with the whip.
(Jisu): At the same time, Sara brought both her swords down on her.
(Inc): Then... The whip seemed to strike like an explosive, shoving Sara back even as her strikes hit - pulling the blades back and causing another shriek of pain. "AGH!"
(Jisu): Sara screamed as she flew back, almost into the side of the ring.
(Inc): As Sara was knocked back, Megaera winced. "Urgh... Was that..." Slowly, one her her knees started to shake.
(Jisu): Sara, at the same time, started to twitch and try to pull herself up.
(Inc): Raising her sword, Megaera tried to put a smile on her face. "You done yet?"
(Jisu): Sara struggled to her feet and picked up her sword. "I... can still try!"
(Inc): "Heh... Don't wear yourself too thin. There's still the rest of the court festival to enjoy, you know." Then, she started to step in... One knee clearly shaking... But why not the other?
(Jisu): "Don't worry." Sara followed her lead, keeping herself up. "When I decide to start something, I'll finish it."
(Inc): Megaera grinned. "Heh... We'll see if you can keep to that." Cooling down a little now, she started to prepare another spell...
(Jisu): And Sara upped her speed and concentrated, trying to see what she would do.
(Inc): The spell finished... And Megaera didn't move. Sara couldn't even be sure her opponent had enchanted her whip - was she able to enchant the sword too?
(Jisu): The only thing to do was to try, right? She did another spinning charge.
brewsyourface: (night! thanks for the entertainment)
brewsyourface left the room.
(Inc): And then, Megaera raised her sword... which seemed to pull both of Sara's blades towards it, as if it were suddenly magnetized. It'd be a fair feat of strength or motion to keep them on-course... But if Sara could pull it off, she'd have an easy hit.
(Jisu): Sara gasped and tightened her grip on her swords. Come on... She sharpened her gaze and followed the course of the draw.
(Inc): ... And struck clear, hitting Megaera just below her sword - her torso, again. Megaera tried to step back... But the magnetic spell was still working, pulling Sara's blades towards her!
(Jisu): "Ngh!" Sara tried to guide them, but it was getting stronger and more difficult the closer she got. Was Megaera trying to lose? Well, she'd try to get her to give up, at least...
(Inc): Megaera obviously hadn't planned this, quickly spinning her sword to keep it from messing her over.
(Jisu): Sara's swords clashed against Megaera's, and Sara pulled hard to control them. She forced them forward in another X motion, meaning to at least try to knock her down and make her give up.
(Inc): Megaera responded by simply dropping her blade, jumping back... Landing on the shaking leg, which buckled at her weight, sending her collapsing to the floor with a yelp.
(Inc): "Ur... Urgh..."
(Jisu): Sara, with a sharp intake of breath and digging in her heels, plunged her swords into the ground.
(Jisu): "You're okay, right?"
(Inc): "... Heh..." Megaera couldn't help but grin. "... I'll recover." Pushing herself up, she looked towards Sara. "But... That's enough. You've won this."
(Jisu): As the verdict went, Sara held out her hand and smiled. "It's like you said: you have the rest of Spring Court, right?"
(Inc): "... No kidding."
(Jisu): "I'm Sara." The greeting wasn't really necessary -- the announcer was already rambling about the Princess of Zeon's submitted history and statistics for whoever in the audience thought that was useful information. "That was kind of fun."
(Inc): "Megaera D'Ashland. Good round."
(Inc): Carefully, Megaera got up on her good leg. "... Urgh..."
(Inc): Finally, a couple of arena medics came to help Megaera out of the arena, some people cheering at the end to a surprisingly interesting match.
(Jisu): Sara waved at the crowd. This was going to be a good Spring Court. Now who was next...?