RPG World of Remnant => Amity Colosseum => Old Tournaments => Topic started by: Dr. Gustave on September 27, 2016, 02:34:27 PM
Title: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Dr. Gustave on September 27, 2016, 02:34:27 PM
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" A Booming and energetic voice explodes through the speakers set up around the enormous stadium. A deep and gravely voice, like someone who spent too much time smoking and decided now would be a good time to start screaming for their entire life. "WELCOME TO THE FORTIETH BIANNUAL VYTAL FESTIVAL!" The crowd erupted into a ceremonious cheer, whoops and hollers came from all corners of Remnant as people tuned into the match from home. "I AM YOUR ANNOUNCER, VULCO DENTRES, AND I WILL BE SERENADING YOU WITH THE SOOTHING SOUND OF MY VOICE DURING THE COURSE OF THE MATCH- JUST KIDDING, F ҉ ҉ KERS-" A loud, annoying BEEEP filled the arena. Of course, this of all events was kid friendly. "WHY WOULD I DO THAT!? I'M GOING TO SIT BACK AND LET YOU ENJOY THE PURE UNBRIDLED COMBAT! PREPARE YOURSELVES, IN THIS PRELIMINARY ROUND, WE HAVE TWO BEACON STUDENTS, DESPITE ONE BEING FROM SHADE AND BETRAYING THEIR OWN KINGDO- ONCE AGAIN, GETTING WORD ON NOT TALKING POLOTICS. YOU'D THINK THAT THEY WOULD JUST CENSOR ME AT THIS POINT, BUT I GUESS YOU CAN'T STOP THE VULCO TRAIN, BABY! ANYWAY, IN THE FIRST CORNER, WE HAVE BIANCA LI, TRAITOR TO VAC- F ҉ ҉ K OFF, DEREK- ESTEEMED STUDENT OF BEACON, AND ABSOLUTE MONSTER ON THE FIELD! IN THE OTHER CORNER, WE HAVE JACK PETTIBONE, AND LET ME JUST TELL YOU, I'M SUPPOSED TO BE IMPARTIAL, BUT OH MY GOD- HIS WEAPON IS JUST F ҉ ҉ KING BOMBS, THAT'S AMAZING! BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THEM, LET'S SEE WHAT THEY'LL BE FIGHTING IN. TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPINNER, OR AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, THE ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL SPINNER! ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ISN'T THE SAME THING AS POLITICS, DEREK, SHUT UP!" The crowd, though somewhat confused, cheered heartily.
A large holographic image of a lottery machine appears on all sides of the arena, with two spinners. The spinners spun so quickly, making it nearly impossible to make out the passing words. It ticked through the options slower and slower until it finally stopped on River and Tundra.
A loud laugh came from the speakers. "OH GOD, IT'S ATLA-" Before he could finish, his feed is cut off with a crackle of the speakers.
The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose two new floors. Bianca's half was a rushing river, flowing from a melting portion of Jack's side, complete with a rocky riverbank, and holographic salmon, swimming against stream into nothingness, and Jack's half become winter wonderland, complete with snowy hills, snow covered evergreens, and a light snowfall seemingly coming from nowhere.
Just then, the doors on each side of the arena opened and, from them, out strolled the combatants.
(A coin flip decided Jack gets the first post. The arena size is that of the 1v1 arena in the show, but still features biomes, though scaled down. Good luck, contestants.)
Just before the combatants began their battle, the speakers crackled on once more, briefly. "NO BREAKS ON THE VULCO TRAIN, BABY!"
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on September 28, 2016, 12:00:14 AM
Well, the announcer certainly was a dumbass. Yeah. Bombs. And ignore the rest of the spread? Please, how little did you have to pay attention to miss how much every part of Jack Pettibone was a walking, talking weapon? Good thing he had a little help when it came to making an entrance...
From assorted places around the stadium, his fans from all walks of life whipped out their scrolls, snapped on speaker attachments, and turned the volume all the way up. They were assisted by the decent number of people his latest romantic acquisition had hired or bribed into bringing all manner of audio equipment, and all at once, the stadium thundered with a theme (http://rwby-rpg.rwbyfanon.com/index.php/topic,137.0.html) he'd chosen after drubbing Murk.
He bounced out to the beat, clapping his hands and pointing out various people he recognized in the stands, thumping his chest in a show of respect for them. Once he laid eyes on Orabel, he blew her a kiss off of one of the white leather gloves she'd given him as a show of her favor. The golden ram symbol on the back flashed in the lights as he raised his hand. "I'M WINNING THIS ONE FOR YOU TOO, BABE!" he shouted, making a heart over his breast with his fingers.
The Bomb was around his waist, some nice white combat boots were on his feet, his blue jeans fit his sweet ass just right, and his abs were set from "stun" to "kill", only framed, not hidden, by his unbuttoned, crisp, white collared shirt. Taking stock of his opponent as the applause died down, he flashed her a smile. "I promise, Skunk, I'll make this gentle. I'm never rough on the ladies."
Judging by the numerous girls in the stand waving posters of him shirtless, the audience agreed.
Ember Autumn just sat in the stands next to Arachne and smirked to herself.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Asterisk on September 28, 2016, 04:09:16 AM
Stella sat in the stands next to Ember, watching as the battle was about to begin. Inside though, while she absolutely detested Jack, she silently cheered on her cousin and teammate. Reaching under her seat and pulling out a cooler full of ice and ramune, she asked Ember, "Want one? There's grape, lychee, peach, or plum."
(I'm going on the basis that Stella met Ember already)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on September 28, 2016, 08:28:15 AM
The predatory grin almost always on Bianca's face was even bigger today. Jack Pettibone. Oh, could there be a better opponent for her? No siree bob. And the announcer seemed to be a riot too, he was definitely going to be fun listening to after she hopefully smashed Jack's face in this round. Tenne had said enough about him for Bianca to know that he wasn't exactly the most liked person in Beacon. She just felt meh about him. But then again, she never advocated any racism against Faunus, so you know. But then yet again, he was with that Orabel chick.
Unlike Jack, Bianca simply strolled into the arena, though she did do a little bit of audience pandering. And by that she meant that she did a few dramatic bows in the direction of the stands, mentally trying to find any advantages that could come from the biomes. Atlas indeed. After that, she simply stood and analyzed her opponent to the best of her ability. Though really, everybody knew Jack Pettibone. Word got around. Probably word started by the man himself. He apparently had bombs, thank you Mr. Announcer, had that flashy teleportation semblance... Unfortunately, she hadn't heard much about his combat tactics. But he didn't seem to be the type of person to just teleport around and lob bombs at you. Those muscles were probably not just for display. And who could forget his most deadly weapon of all? His mouth.
"Aww, good to know that you care so much," responded Bianca. "Though you won't have to worry about dear old me, Pretty Boy. Or should I say... Petty Boy?" Laughing at her own joke, Bianca stealthily slipped her pistol into her left hand, which she hid behind her back. "Really though, I can take care of myself. And I think a good number of the students here are rooting for me to do so! I'll give this one to you, Petty Boy. Your move!" The monochromatic student bowed low yet again, holding only her right arm out this time. As she rightened herself though, her left hand shot up to loose three bullets at her opponent, trying to sneak in a few shots while she could. (3% depletion each if hit) "Or not!"
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on September 29, 2016, 12:15:33 AM
Jack calmly waited with his hands on his hips as Bianca made a passable attempt to catch him off guard with shit-tier banter and overplayed formality. His face was relaxed, cheery even, and he aimed to keep it that way the whole match. He hadn't even seen her draw the pistol, a nice touch, but really, it was pretty obvious once she pulled it on him. He winked just as she pulled the trigger, activating his glow and quick-stepping to the side in a spin, finishing with his arms spread wide as if to say "hit me". He didn't wince as a bullet grazed his elbow, in fact, only his aura meter showed he'd been hit at all.
"Skunk, these people don't even know who the hell you are. Put a sock in it, this isn't vaudeville!" he laughed, clapping his hands together in front of himself.
The two dust grenades at her feet, which he'd casually tossed right over in the same simple motion he'd used to throw out his hands, were chock full of impact and fire dust. They went off right then. Shazam
Aura 99%, I don't like telling people how much damage stuff does, they're high explosives and you know how tough her aura is, so take what seems fitting. I trust you.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on September 29, 2016, 07:03:27 AM
Camelia was pumped. Even though her and her teammate didn't always see eye to eye, she'd seen past the bitchy outside. She really, really wanted her to win against that pale excuse of a person. Cupping her hands around her mouth, she yelled "PUT POSTER BOY BACK IN HIS PLACE, BII!"
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: LuckyStar on September 29, 2016, 09:53:32 AM
Aurelia was just as pumped, then again she always is with music. She raised her fist and with an amazing use of her diaphragm, her voice could be heard about a quarter of the stadium. "Bianca you better show that pretty boy where he belong in the world, at the bottom of the pit where people like him belong!" Aurelia said boldly.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: arcus_gray on September 29, 2016, 10:19:13 AM
Gray sat quietly in the stadium as he watched and muttered to himself. "you'd better not lose this Jack. If I'm going to get to rip you apart you have to last long enough for me to get the chance."
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on September 29, 2016, 10:58:21 AM
Bianca let out a 'hmm' as Jack side-stepped and evaded her shots, seemingly taunting her back. Pretty Boy wants a show, huh? Well then. A show he'll get! Out of the corner of her eye, she could also see her team leader Camelia yelling... something. Hopefully words of encouragement.
She didn't have much time to ponder over this though, as Jack made his next move quite quickly, throwing two dust grenades at her feet. Thankfully these weren't as fast as bullets, and were visible once thrown. Not thankfully, these were packed and though Bianca had some time to run, she definitely didn't escape the blast, which left her on the ground, grumbling but still determined. Bianca made sure to make getting up look as casual as possible, brushing off some nonexistent dust."That all you got?" she asked, feigning confidence despite the hit she took. Bianca could only imagine how fucked she would be if they'd hit full-on. Note to self: Do more aura work "Come at me Petty Boy, I dare you!"
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on September 29, 2016, 09:13:01 PM
Jack was already running full tilt when Bianca went sprawling off her feet, keeping his glow up so that it was impossible to tell when he was actually going to blink. Not that she was watching right at that moment. He was in the air and blinking just as she was starting to rise, reappearing right as she uttered the fateful words "Come at me"
"Way ahead of you, Skunk!" he howled in mirth, with the heel of his flying kick barely a foot from her face.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on October 01, 2016, 11:55:52 AM
It didn't matter how this fucking match turned out, she knew that Petty Boy was going to get an ass-kicking later, without any rules or restrictions. But if the little shit wanted to go close-combat now, then fine!
Recovering quickly from the asshat's kick to the face, Bianca made sure to send a loud, high-pitched scream via her semblance before retaliating with her own spinning hook kick, slipping the knuckledusters previously hanging on her waist onto her hands. She didn't use them though, following with two side kicks, one aimed at Jack's torso, the other, his abdomen. During this process, she made sure to steadily try and force Jack backwards, all the while spitefully returning his taunts. "Shouldn't have aimed for the moneymaker Petty Boy, or those pretty girls in the stands won't be able to fawn over yours for much longer!"
Aura 88%, won't give a percentage for Bianca's attacks either because doing that makes me so paranoid that I'm going to screw something up.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on October 02, 2016, 12:46:22 AM
Jeez! What the hell was that sound!? It sounded like the world's knives uniting to gouge the ever-loving shit out of some plate glass! His teeth clenched as he shuddered in mid-air, he wasn't totally ready for the landing, and instead of instantly spinning to kick Skunk's legs out from under her once he'd come down behind her, he found himself having to deal with her hook kick. He was in a crouch still, and if he'd started to come back up any slower it would have caught him full in the face, but Jack Pettibone was no snail. Letting his shoulder take the brunt instead, he came the rest of the way up, still shining like the sun.
"Even if you get lucky..." Her first kick he stepped back and to the side from, in all appearances playfully shoving her leg away with one hand, when really he'd put a good bit of oomph into it with a snap of his wrist. "...enough to touch this..." The hand furthest from her pointed to his flawless jawline as his other hand came up in a block that caught her second strike right in the ankle and knocked its aim askew. "...you don't need to worry..." Jack waved his unoccupied hand over his torso and then gestured to cover a large swath of the crowd. "...there's a whole fresco for them to enjoy!"
There, now, her leg was drawing back, coming off of three kicks, one leg still in the air..."But my bae, though..." He launched himself forward, his hands whirling open-palmed not unlike leaves in a windstorm, presenting a dervish of blows to his hopefully easily un-balanced target before flipping himself up and around into a whirling axe kick meant to come crashing down on her skull or sternum, depending on how fast she would back up. "...she'll tear your heart out if you try!"
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on October 03, 2016, 08:23:49 AM
Gritting her teeth, Bianca dealt with Jack's retaliation as best she could. Petty Boy wasn't the only one who knew martial arts, even if his number had two, three digits opposed to her one. I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times, that's what some actor guy said. Bianca took Jack's blocks in stride, using them to plant her feet on he ground firmly, as to not be toppled over easily. She countered the blows where she could, though that didn't equal all, and at his axe kick, stepped deftly to the side, countering with another side kick to his open torso.
"You mean that Arachne girl?" Going forwards, Bianca placed a back leg roundhouse to Jack's left side, fists close to her face in a boxing-like stance. "I'll make sure to take the lunatic up on that after I beat you, Petty Boy, don't worry." Taking aggresive steps forwards now, Bianca threw a jab with her left hand, did a low kick with her right, the finished with a right uppercut. "Tell her to bring the tissues she's obviously prepared for this match as well."
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Timeworker on October 03, 2016, 06:16:16 PM
Griz quickly sat down in the arena booths, he had overslept and missed some of the match. No matter, looks like things were already underway. Truth be told he'd rather curl up somewhere and sleep but this was important. He could gather up some information on a future opponent and that could be the difference between a win and loss. Kicking back in his chair Griz got some popcorn and watched the show.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on October 03, 2016, 11:32:03 PM
I apologize for Jack, he's not someone I'd ever approve of, but for writing, he serves his purpose.
Disappointed that his kick hadn't landed and with barely enough time to react to the one coming at him as a counter, he mentally shrugged, and moved with the hit, letting the force of it send him sliding back a ways. Nothing wrong with being on the defensive for a bit, let her get cocky, wear herself down, while he had fight to spare. Besides, the distance made the roundhouse easier to step away from, though she closed the gap quickly enough. Good legs, in more ways than one. Even better with the pantyhose/jeanshorts combination.
Oh Orabel, what I give up for you...oh well, he could cop a feel later. With someone who could do more with her mouth than talk. High hopes for the Victory Kiss stowed in the back of his mind, he kept to the business at hand. Swatting the jab aside with an open palm..ow, okay, remember the knuckles, moron..and hopping neatly above the low kick while angling himself away from the uppercut, he kept up the banter. "Tissues? I'm sure she'd let you borrow a handkerchief, she's generous like that."
On landing, having not stopped glowing for a second, he blinked, but only a split second before dropping the dust grenades he'd palmed while still in the air, leaving to detonate right at her feet once he was gone.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on October 05, 2016, 06:39:19 AM
The moment she saw the telltale glint of metal, Bianca was already back flipping the hell out of there, away from those ghastly things. She noted to herself that more firepower than one pistol would be needed, and she needed to get that firepower soon after the Vytal Tourney stuff was over. Hopefully later rather than sooner. But back to the fight she was having at the moment, Bianca yet again only almost got out of the way fast enough, getting caught in the blow yet again. Still, less than last time. This time though, she was more prepared, righting herself quickly, not bothering to guess. Jack could've poofed anywhere at all, so what she just had to do was be ready for his attack. Keeping her stance steady and tonfa in hand, Bianca waited for Jack to make the first move.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on October 05, 2016, 10:12:31 PM
Jack came out of the blink just far enough behind Bianca that had she been a little slower, he would have been able to clothesline her as she flew through the air. As it turned out, she'd managed to get out of the way and was still close, but no such luck with being able to attack her when she was careening along defenseless.
Her back was still turned, though. Good enough.
Winking knowingly at the crowd and holding a finger to his lips, a short blink brought him out of a blazing whirling kick with his rotation so fast that his leading leg would crack off of her temple and the next half-dozen or so hits would work their way down the rest of her, if she hadn't been knocked prone by then, in which case he'd just land hard on her and somersault away.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on October 07, 2016, 10:22:09 AM
Fancy schmancy semblance blah, whittling her down faster than she could return the favor. Okay. So she was going to use the tonfa now. Noted. As a leg suddenly came at her face, Bianca mimicked what Jack had done earlier, letting her right shoulder take the hit instead. For the next half dozen, she backed away as fast as she could, which would be after the second, just fast enough to only get scraped by the third kick.
"Not a scratch!" Bianca lied crowed haughtily. Smirk once again present on her face, Bianca started at her opponent, placing two blows with her tonfa on the shoulder that blocked her kick earlier and in the middle of the other side's ribcage, spinning her weapon to do more damage. Following with a counter-clockwise turn, Bianca jabbed her left at his face, though she made sure not to touch it, following by turning back and jabbing once again with her right at his abdomen, then placing a low kick at his shin with her left leg.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on October 08, 2016, 12:11:58 AM
"In case you hadn't noticed, we've got giant aura meters the entire world's looking at right now, Skunk. Weeeak." he shot back, sticking his landing perfectly, the crowd jeering along with him. Well, at least she could learn from what he had to offer. Good thing he wasn't going all out...not that she could even try and imitate that! Speaking of which, time to pull out something fun...why not enjoy himself?
Suddenly relaxing his stance and listing lazily to one side, he staggered as the tonfa hit, actually moving with the blow, his face serene as he flailed out uselessly with the opposing hand, confounding the strike from the other tonfa with that awkwardly flopping limb. He was careful to avoid all but the flat of the blade, though, despite all appearances to the contrary. The blow to his face was a feint, and he treated it like one, checking his reflection in the weapon as it went past, while bending too far backwards to avoid it so that the strike at his abdomen fell short.
The kick, though, that set things up flawlessly for him! Making it look exactly like he'd clumsily tripped over her leg, he fell almost face first and rolled into his shoulder before flipping back up and onto his feet in a graceful crouch.
"Almost had me there, you gotta be quicker than that!" he beamed, raising himself to a lax standing position and brushing his shirt off.
In the stands, Ember accepted a peach ramune with a pleasant, mouthed thank you to Stella. She giggled almost girlishly as Jack began taunting the talkative girl with his favorite party trick. "Has he showed you this yet, Orabel?" she asked, touching the fashion mogul's shoulder conspiratorially.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on October 09, 2016, 10:48:09 AM
Now this guy was starting to get on her nerves. Acting so casual and all... blah. And damn, she forgot about those aura meters. Clicking her tongue in disapproval, Bianca resumed her fight.
Blades now sheathed and knuckle dusters slipped on, she advanced again to try a round (not roundhouse) kick with her right leg, then as she finished, Bianca immediately advanced again, throwing three punches. Two were aimed at his jaw and the third his shoulder. Switching to her tonfas in the process, she neatly performed a spinning hook kick, this time slashing/stabbing with her tonfa, following the movement of the kick. "Oh? Well I do have to admit, you are pretty quick. Wonder if that applies to other things too..."
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on October 10, 2016, 01:14:14 AM
Sloppily doing the splits to avoid the kick, he slid jerkily back to his feet as though he were having trouble keeping his balance. Gosh this style felt so loose and free, it was the best way to get relaxed when everything was stressing you...
Jack held his hands up in front of himself and changed his expression to that of a man terrified of being hit by an oncoming car as she closed for some more punches. As if flinching side to side in fear, he awkwardly avoided both punches to his face, and took the one to the shoulder, reeling away as if stunned and in great pain to soften the blow. Getting angry yet, Skunk? You will be...
As he half-collapsed to one knee under the weight of his slapstick suffering, botching the targeting of the kick and defying the tonfa slash, Jack gave her a good long wink and shot right back up and forward the moment she had rotated far enough to expose her midsection.
"Yeah, I'm fast. And I can go all damn night!" he said, grinning from ear to ear as he drove hard into her inner thigh with his leading knee and hammered her guarding arm out and away with the opposite elbow. Not stopping his momentum in the slightest, he followed with a full on blitz of short, heavy punches to her ribs, neck, and gut, hammering away at her softest, most vulnerable points. He finished with a rising elbow to the chin that brought his full body into play and got him off of the ground for a double kick to the chest that would have him tumbling backwards to roll into a guard should she somehow recover in time.
Aura 89%, and for Jack's attacks it may be assumed that things did not go as planned at any point, it's just darn awkward to write it that way.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on October 11, 2016, 06:06:40 AM
Letting out an 'oomph' as Jack struck her inner thigh and arm, Bianca stumbled back only to be met with a flurry of more hits. Taking a few of them, Bianca let herself fall to the ground into a backwards somersault, trying to escape before he could deal more damage. Standing up right away, Bianca noticed that she was on the edge of the river biome, which she backflipped even more into, until the ground got wet. Then to prevent slipping, she finished the rest simply with her own two feet. The flips had already been angled to be towards the intersection between the two biomes on the other side of the arena. Now on foot, she jumped over a narrow part in the river, landing on the other side fully prepared for Jack to do his fancy schmancy teleport semblance to beat her there.
Mythic, you forgot the aura level. It's okay, it happens, I've almost missed it a few times myself. I just get too into the writing.
Jack caught himself in time so that he wasn't jump-kicking air and instead brought himself back to a bouncy standing position. He waited patiently for Skunk to run away and maybe even recover a little bit from that bruising he'd just given her. To pass the time, he smiled and waved at the crowd, blew a kiss to Orabel, you know, enjoyed himself. Once Skunk stopped moving, he hucked a snowball right at her face. Followed by several more as he moved in a spin, packing and hurling along the way.
Snowballs. If she wasn't the one fighting Jack, Bianca would've thought that it was quite a fun idea. She would think that they packed a little more punch compared to a normal one considering the person throwing them though, so Bianca went out of her way to avoid being hit by the... creative weapons. The ones that did reach her though, met the flat of her blade or were simply split apart with her bare hands. I mean, it was snow... Making up her strategy on the way, Bianca went along with Jack's move into the snow biome, partly hiding behind one of the snowy hills, firing five bullets at Petty Boy. "Don't think snow's better ammo than lead, Petty Boy!"
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Fox Without on October 13, 2016, 04:49:30 PM
Tenne huffed as she entered the stadium, cursing under her breath at arriving late. Quickly finding her team's leader, she made her way over to the armored girl, crossing her arms as she sat down next to the yelling girl. Her eyes narrowed as she saw who she was fighting, fucking prick seemed to be giving the Skunk a good beating. Anyone else and she might have been able to enjoy watching someone besides herself finally having a go at the aggravating girl, but that bastard could go sit on a loaded shotgun for all she cared, "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING BI, I'M GONNA BEAT YOUR ASS IF YA LET THAT PRISSY LITTLE FUCK LEAVE THIS ARENA"
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on October 13, 2016, 09:54:50 PM
Taking advantage of the fact that she was now trying to stay in cover and take pot shots at him, the last snowball he threw was cheekily stuffed with a dust grenade, and aimed right for her torso. Even if she managed to dodge it, it would have to go off close enough to be a problem. As for those bullets, YIPE! He'd cartwheeled out of the way of the first three, went into a crouch to duck the fifth, and then that was where line of sight started screwing with him, too. It caught Jack dead center in the chest, and made him stagger a little before he regained his footing. What he hadn't noticed were the bullet holes in his shirt, which showed the rest of the world just how on-point his opponent's aim had been, and how narrowly he'd avoided those rounds. Intentionally throwing up a massive spray of snow with a diving slide behind another small hill, he came to a halt and waited for the explosion.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on October 15, 2016, 06:57:27 AM
Yeah, no, she was definitely getting more firepower after this. Sneaky little bastard, disguising a dust grenade as a snowball. So that little harmless ball of puff that'd just flown past her torso did a lot more damage than she thought it would. This time she wasn't prepared at all, no extra distance, no shielding, no nothing. Not too great for her. Probably great for Jack. The blast caught her full on, sending her straight into the hill she was hiding taking cover behind. Ouch. It took her a few moments to be able to actually do something, and the first thing she did was send another grating screech at Jack, then a few scuffs behind where she'd seen him dive into. The first was to catch him if he was planning on teleporting somewhere as to take her by surprise, the second to confuse him if he was still behind the hill. She even tried to execute the first one in a way so that the sound would seem like it was coming from behind there too.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on October 16, 2016, 11:51:40 PM
Hrrrraaagh that damn screeching again! His ears rang, barely catching the odd, shuffling noises from where...yeah, where it would be physically impossible for Skunk to be. The grenades weren't that explosive, so it's not like she could have been thrown that far. So that was her semblance, then. Annoying noise. How fitting. Well, there was a fix for that. Popping in his wireless earbuds and turning up the volume, he let the beat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kidq28-7jFU) rock and took a flying leap over the hill. Before he landed he noted where Skunk was and letting his glow flare up again. Blinking, he zoomed up right next to her as she was rising and brought his knee swinging up towards her head.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on October 17, 2016, 04:47:46 AM
Seeing the jump over, Bianca immediately slipped her blades into her hands, bringing the right up just fast enough to catch the knee sent her way, slicing a little in the meanwhile. As she was rushing though, Bianca sill stumbled back, which she just turned into a backwards somersault, popping up quickly and not thinking about any attacks that could've come to catch her off-guard.
Quickly jumping back into action, she threw a side kick at his torso, following with yet another spinning back kick so that she ended up facing him again. Learning from her mistake last time, she kept her arms close to guard her torso. As she landed, the tonfas she carried were turned so that the blades ran parallel to her arms. With her weapons in this position, she advanced to slice at Jack's face once with each arm, the movement akin to how you would throw a jab. Trying to prevent too-quick counter, she raised her right leg to kick his torso, pushing him away. During this, she noted the earbuds, mentally groaning and cheering at the same time.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on October 17, 2016, 11:21:23 PM
That slice caught him right across the knee, and considering how he'd mis-timed the jump to allow that to happen, boy was he mad. You know what? It was time to stop goofing off and being cheeky. He was getting bored, the audience was most likely getting bored, and that was hardly something he could allow. Not letting his frustration show, he let Skunk back off for a second, making sure the guard he dropped into was impeccable.
Not even trying to look flashy, he punched her leg hard in the ankle as she kicked at him the first time, dropped his elbow forcibly into her calf on the second as she stepped forward, and then let her come at him with the tonfas. Keeping his face in a warm mask of a smile, the only hardness showing through in his eyes, he jerked his head from side to side to avoid the slashes, not even bothering to block. The moment she went to kick him again, he moved like quicksilver, grabbing ahold of her leg both at the ankle and further up the thigh, and heaved, turning her own momentum against her and sending her past him so that he was at her back. As she went by, he drilled his elbow right into the base of her skull, his expression unchanging.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on October 19, 2016, 09:02:25 AM
Bianca took all of Jack's hits, except for the last elbow driven into her neck, which she dodged by pure luck when she tucked her head in by instinct as she was being thrown. Hmph, well it looked like it was time to get down to business. She was going to lose, she knew that, but she was going to go kicking. Literally. When Jack took ahold of her leg and attempted to heave her to the ground, Bianca stubbornly used the opportunity to wrap her leg around his arms and torso, twisting a little so she was partially behind him. One leg wrapped around Jack and the other planted firmly on the ground, she also didn't bother with any flair, or form for that matter, simply wrapping herself around her opponent and trying to hold him in one place for as long as she could. Utilising this, Bianca abandoned all flair and form, some ethics too as she repeatedly stabbed her opponent in the back with her tonfa blades pointing outwards four times. Not wasting any time, she flipped backwards as soon as she finished, pushing Jack into the hill and swapping out her right tonfa for her gun to sending three bullets Jack's way as soon as she was back on her feet. During this, she made a wild grab for one of the earbuds, though this was rather sloppy.
Same goes for here, it can be that it went wrong anywhere in here, just awkward to write it like that. Aura 42%
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on October 19, 2016, 10:16:41 PM
Oh you stupid whore, you want to play dirty now that you know you're beaten...
Grunting under the barrage of stabs, he seized the moment to punch her right in the throat as she was too busy working over his back to block, and then let her flip away as she wheezed. He landed on all fours, tearing away his ruined shirt with one hand.
Ember grabbed Orabel's arm, hiding her face. "Oh, that looked awful! Tell me when she's done!" Or when Jack breaks her over his knee, the silly slut...
"Well, since we're no longer being friendly, game on!" he laughed, sounding a little bitter for the first time in the entire match. Then the bullets came, and the time for words was over. Just as he saw her squeeze the trigger, he hurled his shirt at her face, blinked and came out of it right next to her aiming hand. One hand gripped her wrist in a vise and twisted hard, trying to force her to drop the weapon and kneel, while the other alternated between punching her hard across the face and bringing his elbow back across her temple until she collapsed or broke free. Every so often he added in a knee to the gut.
Aura 63% and wow that level of violence against a chick is exceedingly uncomfortable to write
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on October 20, 2016, 10:18:39 AM
Oh, so now they were both playing dirty. Well then all the better for her! Sure, she would probably be given dirty looks in class no matter how the match turned out, but fuck those guys!
Still wheezing from the punch to her throat, she wasn't at all prepared when the shirt was thrown on her face, nor when Jack took ahold of her wrist and started to really lay it on her. Still breathing heavily and taking hits, she brought up her free arm to stab the arm holding hers as hard as possible, twisting it until his grip loosened or he let go completely, which was when she yanked her arm out to snatch her fallen weapon up from the ground, slamming it into Jack's jaw. The other hand then slashed hard twice into his chest before simply pushing him away so she could have at least a little time to regain her breath, firing three more shots at him during the process.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on October 20, 2016, 10:37:20 PM
Thankfully, Jack was in the right position to see her strike at his arm coming, and backed off just in time, letting her go. The pistol-whip to the jaw would have probably disfigured him for life if not for aura, and if anything it served to make him even angrier. Making sure not to lose his head, he slipped backwards, hearing the blade whistle through the air as Skunk tried to carve open his chest cavity, and he smiled like the devil. At this range, it was almost too easy to watch where she was aiming, and he snapped himself to the side, then back, then diagonally, and finally forward into a whirling spin. No breather for you, girl!
His legs slid effortlessly through the snow, bringing him in low to strike her foremost leg out from under her, then take that opening to jab her brutally in her heaving solar plexus, and finally complete the rotation with a side-kick driving with all he could muster into her ribs, meant to send her flying into a crash landing which would knock what little breath she had out.
As he moved, Ember was on the edge of her seat, her face hungry and expectant. Yes, finish her now, Jack...
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: The Mythic Scribe on October 21, 2016, 01:14:12 AM
Well it was nice while it lasted...
That was what Bianca was thinking as her right leg collapsed, as the jab hit, and as the side-kick knocked her back several feet to end up heaving on the floor, sprawled awkwardly. It took a while for her to sit up, mostly because she knew the match was over. A glance at the aura meters confirmed it, but she still put on her shit-eating grin for all the world to see. Sure, her Battle Ethics professor wouldn't like her too much afterwards, sure she lost, sure she'd be thrown dirty looks for the next month or so, but hey! She still got to deal out some damage to Jack himself for Tenne. Slowly, she stood up completely and walked over to Jack, holding her hand out for him to shake. "Good game, Petty Boy! And I wish you all the luck to be beaten in the next round! Won't need the tissues though, don't worry." Some would wonder why her demeanor became so playful so fast, but it was just a little tourney. Who cared? Well maybe she cared a little, but certainly not as much as Jack would if he'd lost.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 21, 2016, 05:18:49 AM
Camelia looked at the Aura meters, her face awash with acceptance and kindness for her most corrosive teammate. "Well, at least she gave it her all. She also managed to get some good hits in. Hopefully, she'll have learned something as well." She then turned to her 'conversation partner', Tenne, who was now beside her. "And hey, she left some for you!"
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 Preliminary Match: Bianca V Jack [Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on October 21, 2016, 11:58:04 PM
Jack took his time walking over to Skunk as she lay there, letting her have her breather now that it was over. He waved at the crowd as they cheered, and picked out Orabel and Ember on their feet next to...gross, his cousin. Well, that was going to make things awkward. He took Skunk's hand, and smiling, shook it.
"Oh, I make my own luck. But thanks regardless." Then, in a flash, he pulled off her hair tie and was headed for the stands, now that the aura shielding had dropped.
"And thanks for this!" he called out, over his shoulder. A quick blink or two had him well on his way up to where Orabel was sitting, and he ran, hopped, and flipped the rest of the distance, ending up right next to her. He was careful not to shove Ember out of the way, and as Orabel held out her hand expectantly, he slipped the hairtie onto her wrist. And, with the whole world watching, the completely shirtless and sweating Jack Pettibone lifted his girl off the ground by the waist and kissed her passionately to thunderous applause.