Round 2 Matthias 720 (Matthias the Warrior) vs. Skyblade (Razer)

[BrookSkimmer]

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Brockhall, ancestral home of the Brock family and located in the northeastern part of Mossflower woods. The location for the second round of the tournament. Contestants find themselves stooping down to enter the doorway that leads underground to the relatively small confines of the home. This arena includes various small sitting rooms, a small infirmary, a nursery, a study, a master bedroom, dormitories, a kitchen, a larder, storerooms and a large main hall. All of these locations may be used during the duel. Brockhall has been lit by various small sconces and candles. The conditions are cramped and contestants will need to keep their wits about them.

A small section of one sitting room has been roped off for the judges. Three beasts sit at a small oaken table. From this vantage point most of the areas of combat can be seen.

A voice sounds in the confined space:

"Matthias versus Razer! Begin!"

[Matthias720]

Swiftly gathering his wits, Matthias quickly ducked into the closest room. Knowing his opponent was near, he unsheathed the sword of Martin, and waited by the doorway, listening intently. He muttered to himself, "Well at least I'm in the infirmary, in case I should get injured." Thinking over this statement, he shook his head at how foolish he sounded. Shaking off the distraction, he readied himself for the appearance of his foe.

[Skyblade]

OOC: I'm sorry for responding late. I went to Austin yesterday morning and just got back.

BIC: Razer crept cautiously through the main hall, ever vigilant for her opponent. She padded along on her tiptoes, making the softest pawsteps she could muster, and kept her small but sturdy sword up, ready for an attack. The young otter swept her gaze around, unable to spot her foe. Attacking an opponent in hiding was not one of her strong suits. Finally, she lunged into the nearest room, holding her sword in a way that the sharp tip of it was pointing in front of her. More out of luck than anything else, she had leaped into the infirmary. Where Matthias was.

[Matthias720]

As Razer lunged forward into the infirmary, Matthias nimbly dodged to the side, simultaneously avoiding Razer's sword and almost knocking over a night stand. Shaking off his klutziness, Matthias stood at the ready, with his sword held out in front of him. He focused his mind as he waited for his opponent's next move.

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[Skyblade]

Razer landed a bit hard on her paws but rolled and scrambled to her feet, turning to face her opponent as quickly as she could. She flashed Matthias a small smile from behind her sword, held protectively in front of her face. "Tis is going to be an interesting match, mate." Then the young otter struck at her opponent's shoulder, twisting her body and attacking in a way that her arm and sword were horizontal and the sharp tip and edge of her blade could possibly make a long cut. Razer attacked with enough speed and force to cause her body to spin, and took advantage of that by striking again at Matthias's shoulder in the same way. She hopped away, rather clumsily from her spinning, and checked to see if she had dealed any damage.

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[Matthias720]

As the otter spun around, slashing at Matthias's shoulder, he tilted his sword blade at a slight angle absorbing both of the attacks. However, the impact of both sword clashing twice in a row, in an awkward way sent reverberations down the sword, causing Matthias's paws to tingle. He staggered for a moment, righted himself, and renewed his grip on his sword. As Razer turned to check on Matthias's condition, he charged forward, swinging his blade in an arcing figure-eight, hoping to separate his opponent from her sword.

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[Skyblade]

Razer tried to parry Matthias's move but he managed to knock her sword out of her grasp. It skidded until it bumped against the wall on her left side. Rather then retrieving her sword right away, which Razer thought might lead to Matthias suceeding to give her a wound when she was focused on something else, the otter unstrapped the bow on her back and fitted it with an arrow; something she had done enough times to be quick at. Instead of firing at Matthias she shot an arrow at the wall behind him, hoping the ploy might confuse the mouse and make him turn around. Right as soon as the arrow was fired, Razer dove for her sword.

[Matthias720]

As soon as Razer shot the arrow past Matthias, he instinctively half-turned towards the spot of impact. Realizing that it was merely a distraction, he quickly improvised, grabbing a quilt from a nearby bed, he threw it towards the spot Razer's sword had landed. He wasted no time waiting to see if he had ensnared the otter or not, he charged straight forward to catch her off balance.

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[BrookSkimmer]

Round 2 of the tournament has been extended to Wednesday the 17th of Oct.

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[Skyblade]

Razer had already grabbed her sword and was putting it on her belt when the quilt fell onto her feet, slightly tangling them. She was about to kick it off when for a brief moment, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Matthias charging at her. Swiftly, the otter threw the quilt over her head and body like a huge shield, allowing it to take some of the force of Matthias's charge. Shaking off any doziness, Razer threw off the quilt and (holding her bow in her other paw) attempted to sucker punch Matthias in the stomach, hoping to wind him and land another attack.

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[Matthias720]

Woosh! The blow from Razer winded Matthias, sending him sprawling to the floor. Half-dazed, he rolled to the side, in an effort to avoid a further attack. Grabbing his sword, he scrambled to his feet and dashed from the room, clutching his stomach. He ducked into the closest room and hid, waiting for the pain to recede from body and regain his breath.

[Skyblade]

When Razer saw her blow hit her opponent she attempted to sucker punch Matthias in the arm too, since he used his arm to wield his sword. But the mouse rolled to the side, and her fist crashed into the floor. Biting her lip to keep from crying out in pain, the otter shook her paw vigorously in time to see Matthias grab his sword and hurry out of the room.
Suddenly having an epiphany, Razer frantically strapped her bow (which she had been holding in her other paw) back on her back and grabbed a handful of arrows from her quiver. Natural instinct told her Matthias had gone into the closest room, which she entered in no hurry. The otter twithced her sharp ears and could tell where Matthias was by the faint sound of his breathing; she walked past him then suddenly whipped around and threw the arrows at him point-first.

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[Matthias720]

Hearing the otter approach, Matthias was ready as she rounded the corner. Moving aside, the arrows grazed the side of his face, but did no permanent damage. Ignoring the pain, Matthias raised his sword and swung it in an arc, aiming for his opponent's foot.

[Skyblade]

Razer attempted to just leap over Matthias's sword when he swung it at her foot but tripped over it and fell as the sword cut one of her feet. She broke her fall by landing on her hands and knees. Trying to ignore her fresh cut and bruises, the otter grabbed her sword from belt in a swift jerk of her arm and leaning forward from where she was still on the floor, jabbed at Matthias's leg.

[Matthias720]

Pain swirled through Matthias's body as Razer's sword cut into his leg. He momentarily thought about the irony of being in a huge battle culminating in both combatants ending up on their knees. However, only a second or so later he was returned to reality as the pain deepened in his leg. Yelling at the top of his lungs, Matthias whirled his sword over his head and brought it down straight on Razer's sword. "This ends here and now!"

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