Rules:
You have one week from today to put up at least three posts for judging.
If you make more than three posts you must signify which posts you want judged.
All posts must be at least three sentences long.
Do not:
auto-hit (posting hits on anyone's character. Post your attacks and the other person will respond with whether the attack connected or not. Receiving a hit does not mean you will loose the match.)
God-mode (make your character so strong that nothing can hurt them)
Mary-sue (make your character perfect in every way)
First come, first served for posting. Your first post may or may not include an opening attack.
Have fun!!!
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The quarry at twilight, an eerie place. The wind gusted through the soft stone and caused flurries of dust to rise. The area had been lit by torches in sconces, the light flickering and dancing as the wind played with it. A wide part of the quarry was roped off as boundaries for dueling contestants. The roped area included a pile of large boulders, an open sandy area, and sheer rock walls. High on the edge of the quarry rested a small booth in which the tournament judges watched.
A voice echoed down to the contestants. "Round one! Danflower Reguba versus Jukkarus! Begin!"
Jukkarus bared her teeth in a ferocious smile, and started circling him, noting the way he responded to her moves. Feigning one way, she leapt the other, coming in a semi-circle while swinging her sword at her opponents thigh. Feeling the blood rushing through her, she yelled exhilaratingly "Blood and Fuuuuuuur!"
This was one crazy squirrel, that much was apparent to Dannflor. Rushing a little bit too soon... Though she had the right idea when she was trying to calculate his reactions. The Reguba switched paws, right to left, and reversed his hold in almost the same instant. The tip of the blade pressed lightly against his foot proving a full guard for his leg. When the blow passed, the quick creature pressed his advantage by once again reversing his hold and making a quick thrust at his opponent.
Slightly surprised at Dannflor's reaction, she had obviously underestimated him, Jukkarus switched tactics and swerved, Dannflor's blade narrowly missing her. Thinking quickly, she again feigned left, striking his blade aside. She bared her teeth, trying to startle him, and jumped completely over him, striking at his back.
When the squirrel passed over himself, Dannflower Reguba 180 spin while swinging up to give a whack at cleaving his foe in two. His feet came dangerously close together during the maneuver, a calculated risk, but a minor one. There was little chance for his competition to both dodge his attack and gain enough footing herself to strike while he was more vulnerable.
Jukkarus saw the blade coming; and also saw Dannflor's weakness. Thinking quickly, she threw herself into a roll, and tried to knock him over with her body, simultaneously striking up at his face. She hoped at least to throw him off his guard.
OOC: How do you throw yourself into a roll when you're going over my head? and how did she come out of it fast enough to attack? BIC:
Dannflor side-stepped both attacks quickly, he had had time to recover by the time Jukkarus had assualted him. The squirrel wanted more input on this nutty opponent of his, and started to circle her, blade seeking, eyes probing... If he scampered up the cliff face he could gain the advantage of fighting on higher terrain by default, and the narrow walkways circling the quarrys' sides would help him keep it. That would be his move, he took a powerful swing at his foes' midsection, coming from the right, and used the weight of the blade to give him some momentum for the mad dash he made for the cliff face.
OOC: I jumped over you and landed at your feet, so if you struck to cleave me in two, I could duck and throw myself into a roll.
Jukkarus scrambled to her feet, and quickly sidestepped Dannflor blow. She wasn't fast enough, and Dannflor's blade sliced her waist, causing Jukkarus to grit her teeth. Having something hurt caused Jukkarus to get mad, and she threw herself headlong into her enemy with a flurry of blows, hacking and thrusting angrily, all the while keeping her mind clear in case of a counterattack.
OOC:
2.) I swung at you while you were going over my head.
**modified, please do not give RPing advice such as what you offered during the match**
BIC:
Dannflor felt safe at this distance from the other squirrel, odd that a wild attempt at an attack worked when his aimed, and precise attacks didn't... How very strange. When he made it to the base of the wall, Dannflower rushed up it as fast as possible to maintain a slight lead on his opponent.
Seeing her opponent climb up the wall, Jukkarus knew that she could not climb after him without getting hurt, so she drew back several paces. She then planted her sword in the ground, and, taking her bow off her back, she strung it, taking care to keep her sword within reach. Aiming at Dannflor, she fired three arrow in quick succession.
Dannflor, with a final power-filled thrust threw himself onto the first ledge, barely missing the second two arrows, but the first had dug into his left footpad. The squirrel took this lapse to his advantage, digging out the arrow, and his sling. Placing a medium-sized stone in the pouch, he began to twirl the loaded weapon. When it became a blir, which hadn't taken too long, he stood up and took a crack shot at Jukkarus, and ducked swiftly.
Jukkarus was expecting something like this, so she ducked. Once the slingstone had passed, she sprung up and retrieved her sword. She then climbed up onto ledge which Dannflor was on, taking advantage of Dannflor's attack, and waited in the en garde position.
OOC: Please fix that post as I am far too high for you to have jumped even a FRACTION of the way...... Thanks :)BIC:
Dannflower was now wielding his sword again, letting the deadly metal edges sway slowly back and forth. With a sudden jerk he shot his weapon forward at Jukkaruss' midriff, then swiping it to the right because there was no left side... except a nasty drop. His right foot slid back just a fraction leaving a slightly wider stance than normal.
Jukkarus managed to flick aside Dannflor's blade just in the nick of time. Then, blocking his sword with hers, she pressed forward and managed to get her foot behind his left wounded one. Then she pulled back, trying to trip him.
Dannflower high-stepped the tug, and instantly retaliated by thrusting HIMSELF forward into a collision-ready posture, blade guarding his torso as he prepared for impact with the rival squirrel.
Jukkarus' blade swished in the air as she flourished it, then she charged. Holding her blade high, she jumped at Dannflor, trying to break down his defense with hacking and thrusting movements. She looked completely at ease, though inside she was tense as a stout bow. "This squirrel is tough," she thought.
Dannflower lumbered forward twitching the sword to counter each of the fast attacks, "speedy squirrel this'n," he thought. He kept blocking, he was waiting until... AHA! a narrower ledge! The warrior thrust forward, both hands holding the blade in front, and charged break-neck to push his foe backwards towards the narrow ground.
Jukkarus began retreating... onto the narrow ledge. She slipped, and looked down. It was a long drop. She could see Dannflor's strategy, so she did something that surprised even her, she jumped. Landing on all four paws, she jumped back up, and waited for her opponent's next move.
OOC: You jumped all the way from like, two stories up and had no side affects? BIC:
Dannflower had, by now already launched one slingstone, and was firing another by the time his squirrely opponent hit the ground. He felt a his feet slip out slightly after his second stone throw, and almost fell off the ledge. Aftwe regaining his breath, footing, and balance, the Reguba warrior took up the defensive.
OOC: I am a very agile and fit squirrel ;D
BIC:
Jukkarus ducked one sling-stone, but the other pinged against her sword, sending vibrating shocks to her paw. Gritting her teeth, she grabbed her bow from the ground where it lay, and swiftly loosed five arrows in response. Then she dropped it and called out, "Jump! Or are you afraid, squirrel."
Dannflower gave the squirrel below an indefferent look, "Sanity is not fear Jukkarus, surely you should know this, unless of ourse you're not so sane after all." He thought to himself, "Like I took the time to gauge her sanity anyway." Dannflor proceded to slide down the steep incline, and rolled back onto his feet, and thrust forward with his blade yelling, "En Garde!"
Jukkarus flicked his sword aside indifferently. "You should know by now, whether I'm sane or not." She laughed, and pressed forward with a perplex series of blows she was sure could disarm anybeast.
"Your quite right, I guess you must have never had your wits to begin with judging by how drastically your insanity has come." The squirrel kept his distance by constantly backing up, and parrying occasionally when the need arrose... Dannflor didn't care whether or not he was attacking or defending as he could lead his rival any which way he chose, and this was no excpetion, and the he decided to lead them nearer the sand pits. Those cursed agility haulting sand fields. It was then that it hit him, "Jukkarus had left her bow behind!"
OOC: Plan on this being judged.
Besides being a bit on the insane side, Jukkarus was keen and clever. When Dannflower began leading her to the sandpits, she knew exactly what he was doing. But, she also knew that a chunk of rock stuck out of the sand, and that if she could get behind it, she could grab her bow and... Jukkarus almost slapped herself for being so careless. She had left her bow behind her! Her feet were in the sand now, she had to think fast. She jumped to the side, and ran to the rock, and leaped onto it. She brandished her sword and waited.
(One that will be judged.)
Dannflower smiled with satisfaction, he had the complete upper-paw now. First things first, he put up his sword and began firing sling stones at Jukkarus while slowly back-tracking to the bows' location. When he made it to the bow he picked it up himself. It never did hurt to carry an extra weapon. The squirrel then made a quick advance on Jukk with a final stone, and planted himself firmly at the edge of the sands.
Jukkarus scrambled behind the rock and ducked the stones that whistled overhead. Than silence. Jukkarus waited, then decided to check on Dannflor. She stood up. The last stone came thundering toward her, and hit her square between the ears, knocking her senseless. She fell behind the rock, and to a normal beast it looked like she just ducked again behing the big rock.
(This one too.)
Dannflor watched the strange happenings with a mix of concern, and curiosity. Either he had hit her square and given her head a good knock, or that was the worlds fastest duck ever. The warrior squirrel cautiosly rounded the stone in between himself and Jukkarus to find a squirrel form out cold... Had he won? It sure seemed like it, but the Reguba showed concern for a reason. He would never have entered the tournament if he had thought killing would be involved, and was worried that he had possibly slain his one-time rival. He creeped up slowly, knowing funny buisness was still a possibility, and then knelt to check on her. He whispered, "Jukkarus? Are you alright? Can you even hear what I'm saying?" He thought about shouting "wake up!" but thought better of it. His concern grew slightly at the fact that she was so still, but aslo took heart in the fact that his opponent was still breathing.
OOC: This one is planned for judging.
Lost in the realm of unconsciousness, Jukkarus slowly returned to her senses by hearing a voice. She returned to consciousness.., and saw Dannflor bending over her. She reacted quickly, and booted upward with her knees, at the same time snatching her sword and shouting, "Aha! thought you could finish me off, eh?"
Dannflower hadn't expected such a hostile reaction, and caught the foot in his gut. He had also put the bow and sword on the ground when he went to check Jukkarus. He was now winded, and lacing of a weapon, wait, no! He still had his sling! The squirrel looked over to the judges with a quizzical glance that said, "Didn't I already win?" beforeswiftly turning back lest his opponent gt the drop on him. That was the last thing he needed after this horrendous change of events. Danflor switched to more diplomatic tactics, "I was trying to make sure you weren't dead, not finish you off. You should be able to see that as I was carrying no weapon same as now." The squirrel knew full well he had just made a risky move, his foe was insane, and she might not care that he had not carried a weapon except that she now held an enormous upper-paw.
OOC: This post is set for judging.
"Yea, how can I believe that?" Jukkarus said accusingly. She then noticed that Dannflor didn't have a weapon. She started walking towards him than stopped. If Dannflor didn't have a weapon, how could he have been trying to kill him? She thought about it for a moment, than looked at Dannflor. It seemed to Jukkarus a shame to kill such a good opponent in cold blood. She walked over to where her bow and the sword were and picked up her bow, stuffing it into her quiver. Then she kicked Dannflor's sword to him, saying. "Pick it up."
(Set to be judged)
"Haven't we fought enough? Must either of us become more injured?" He nevertheless brought his left footpad down on the pomel of Martins' sword to pop it up to his right hand. Dan let the point nearly touch the now sandy ground as he didn't really care much for this fight anymore, and simply wished the judges would "drop the second shoe."
"Aye, I agree, matey. Ah, well, that was a good fight." Jukkarus sighed and leaned on her sword. "Thanks for the fight, friend, best I've had in years."
Dannflower stuck his sword point in the sandy ground, not as easy a task as it may seem, and put out his right paw in a position ready to shake, "I refuse to fight on tournament terms until the next duel, you can cut me down, or shake my paw.... The choice is yours, I am done."
Jukkarus grinned and walked over. Then she sheathed her sword and shook Dannflower's paw. "So am I, friend," she said, "So am I."
OOC: Great match Gorath! Sometime later we should do this again for fun. :)
OOC: Maybe ;D Great Match for you, too!