Struggle Match [Event]

[Larxene]

Struggle bats are used to battle. It is a simple sword fight with foam looking bats that your beat your opponent with. Powers will be disabled for this game and all members will be placed on more even ground without powers. It is a simple test of wills and sword skill. Powers are prohibited in all events.

Each member will have four posts in order to fight their opponent. Use your posts wisely.

During any battle thread, characters are limited to only using a maximum of two of actions per post/turn/round.. These consist of anything in the battle that is used offensively and defensively to gain an advantage in battle such as standard physical attacks (punching, slashing a combo, etc), and using items (Potions, Phoenix Downs, etc.) This ensures that the character's opponents have a fair chance to write a response both countering the character's attacks as well as making their own.

We believe the members will be fair with their characters and dodge or block their opponent's actions according to the powerplay rule like getting hit to make the fight seem realistic. However, please try and be more descriptive on how you dodge an attack. You need to have more than "<your character's name> dodged the attack." That way it's more interesting and realistic.

Also, each member will be required to post within three days! If a member fails to post within 72 hours [three days], they are simply removed from the match and will not be allowed to post in it again. The contestant will win the match. However, if you manage to make your post after the 72 hours [three days], but before the staff removes you, then you are safe to continue.

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Larxene smirked a bit, helmet off again. "Awesome. This is more my style. This is the struggle match. Two versus two battles. But, you are not to use any powers and you will be forced to use this struggle bat." Larxene lifted a strubble bat up to show the competitors.

A wall appeared to split the arena in half, Larxene on the outside to be able to view each match. Four stuggle bats laid in the middle of the fighting area. "Retrieve your bats now and greet your opponent. You may also shake hand with your team mate." Larxene waited a moment until they retrieved their bats. "Alright. Let the match begin!"

Members to Post:

[/li][li]Night
[/li][li]Whatever

Vs

[/li][li]Sephiroth
[/li][li]Marilith[/blockquote]
Posting Order Below- Must Post by Sept 12th.[/blockquote]

Posting Order: Sephiroth, Whatever, Marilith, then Night - Any member may start the battle, but then the posting order starts!

[onewingedangel]

After listening to the rules, Sephiroth picked up his Struggle Bat. His, resembled a sword slightly, and even had the handguard around it to boot. He wasn't pleased about not being allowed to use his powers, but he still had his strength at least. Glowing mako infused eyes fixated themselves upon his opponents as his teammate went ignored. After all, even without powers as far as the One Winged Angel was concerned, he was still superior to everyone in this match.

Another quick glance was offered towards his opponents as he decided Whatever would be his first opponent of choice, his grip upon his struggle bat tightening as he charged forth toward his opponent, twisting his body slightly before going into a full 360 degree spin. His target: the head of his opponent. Surely that would daze him slightly if it hit right?

[Whatever]

[OOC: I’m guessing the posting order is: Sephiroth – Whatever – Marilith – Night.]

The Heartless walked into the stadium, a lot of people had signed up for this event. Well, that was what he heard. The man couldn’t read, so he had no idea on these things, but he had signed up for the struggle match. The only thing other than archery that didn’t involve running, swimming, or such kinds of things. Well, rolling a ball wasn’t either, but seeing the Ice Titan towering over the place and taking that event got him scared. The reason for archery was pretty obvious with his lack of accuracy with his guns.

From his experiences, he had seen so many people lately with abnormal stamina, speed, and agility that he would never dare to set a foot on a race anywhere. Seeing his past as a slave that fought battles made him seem the Struggle Match a fitting choice. His ally on this match was none other than the guy he met back in that village he... somewhat... attacked.

“You know... we should maybe meet up somewhere after this,” he said towards the person in question as he walked to him. He watched the judge, Larxene, explain the rules and walked to grab a bat when it was time. So we fight... he looked over the silver-haired man that had called a meteor back in Radiant Garden and somewhat froze for a second, then he saw a large six-armed half-snake.

“Oh, come on! You can’t be serious! Are you setting two monsters up against us?!” He shouted towards Larxene right when she signalled the start of the match. When he saw the silver-haired man charge towards him, but quickly ducked and hopped down away in a roll. Hah, dodge-rolled you! Since he was still down below, he pushed himself off the ground again back towards Sephiroth and attempted to make a hit behind the man’s knees with a spin while keeping his body still low to the ground by holding his legs bend. This made him recall the past, he had been through many different kind of battles and used many different types of weapons. While not a fan of blunt ones, he was able to use them.

[marilith]

Marilith listened to Larxene and stared at her when she said that she was not allowed to use any powers. Apparently only a bat, blunt beating? When the bats were tossed into the arena, “only one?” She looked at the man that was working with her, Sephiroth. The two opposing seemed an odd duo to her, but probably wouldn’t be able to match her and her partner.

While she picked up the single bat with one arm, she figured she could hit heavier when using more hands, but she could also steal her opponents’ bats and beat them with it.

When they were allowed to start, she saw Sephiroth speed forward to one of the opponents and attack. The two were immediately in battle, it seemed, so she slithered after them while grabbing the bat with two arms and attempting to beat the odd-smelling man, Whatever, into the ground with full force. Especially since he was already crouched down to the ground. Apparently her disadvantage wasn’t really her arms, but her speed.

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[bg=fffffe][atrb=style,border: 4px solid #3d5170;][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,450,true][atrb=width,20%][atrb=vAlign,top][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,3,true] The past is over ★ ( and Tomorrows wishful thinking ) Night just looked about the arena, feeling a bit excited about the match. He had participated in these things a few times now and he was beginning to get used to the whole fighting in front of a crowd thing. After all these things were meant to be fun right? When he signed up for it he figured it would be the best thing to do. He wasn't to sure about all the other events they seemed way overly complicated to him. This was easy: fight and win. It couldn't get any similar than that right? Though one thing he hadn't realized were the rules to this game, having been a slave most his life reading was never really important until recently. Sure he knew simple words but that was about it, though he didn't think reading mattered in a fight. Which again he was wrong when this announcer mentioned that they couldn't use ANY abilities in this battle. 'No abilities at ALL?' Night thought with great fear. Never before had he battled without the use of his spirits. Even before he had them he never really fought before. Sure he tried against his masters to help other slaves but even then he pretty much had his aft handed to him. How was he suppose to fight now!? He finally took the time to look at his team mate as he came close to him. Night smiling lightly at him as he mentioned that they should meet up later. "Y-yeah could be fun," he agreed to it. Part of him a bit happy to know that there was actually someone in these other worlds that understood his pain. In all the other places he had been in, there seemed to be no such thing as slaves and masters. Sure there were some jerks who found themselves better than others but they weren't above anyone. At least not in the way his world was ruled. Though he couldn't help but be somewhat hesitant. If what the silver haired man said was true, and this guy was a heartless wasn't it his job to destroy him? He sighed lightly at the thought but got it out of his head as he looked at who they were to fight. Blue eyes narrowing at the slight of the two. The first was the long silver haired man with the weapon that was as long as him. The one that Xehanort had warned him about. Really he just had to be one of them!? Though what was even more intimidating than the one known as Sephiroth. He didn't care if she was the strongest or the weakest of the lot of them her looks alone reminded him of the masters back on his own planet, beast like her being considered to be the superior race to regular humans like him. So naturally Night couldn't help but be terrified of her. Just how were they suppose to fight against them!? Night just looking toward his partner as he yelled at the one in charge about their opponents which he kinda of had to agree with. Without their powers they were nothing, but these two? Hell they were monsters. However there wasn't much time to protest about the thing as the battle began. Night quickly grabbing his struggle back having no clue what to do or how to start. He was short, weak, slow, well at least in his mind he was. The only good thing he had going for him was probably his high tolerance of pain, as well as stamina. He gulped, well this was it, he readied himself for battle. Night watched as the silver haired one went for his partner, the younger now thinking the snake thing would come for him, but instead she went for his partner. 'Not on my watch!' he thought to himself as he ran forward and brought his bat up to block the snake's bat from striking Whatever. Nearly falling to his knees from strength behind the blow, but determination was something that was going to keep him going. Night may have been afraid of this opponent in particular but the keyblader's urge to help others in need, especially with a fellow slave, made him over come this fear for now to get through this battle. Besides maybe with his smaller size he would be a harder target, well hopefully. With a growl he tried to push her back at least a bit to allow him room to move in close and swing at her with as much force as he could muster in his human form. ★ And i'm just wishing i can stop Words: 766 ★ Tagged:Sephiroth, Whatever, Marilith ★ Notes: I think I over did it with post length xD Template by Usagi of on the edge

[onewingedangel]

Sephiroth's eyes widened some as his opponent rolled out of the way, the Heartless' strike making full contact with his knees, causing him to stumble slightly. "Impressive... he says idly as he manages to collect himself before hitting the pavement in full. "But you see, you are nothing but an ant beneath my feet. I will squash you easily.. Having grown bored with Whatever already, his glowing gaze became fixated upon Night as he ran towards Marilith, a smirk forming upon his lips.

Now, even without powers, he still had the endurance and stamina of a SOLDIER, meaning he could run pretty damned fast if he wanted to, which, was the plan here in fact. Taking off at a full sprint towards Night while he attempted to push Marilith back, his right hand reared back some, grip tensing upon teh struggle bat before it was brought, with full strength, toward the middle of Night's back. Hopefully Night was still distracted with Marilith

[Whatever]

Seeing the Fiend not too happy with her only bat did give a better feeling. Especially since she wasn’t going to be wielding three to six bats with her arms. The Heartless heard his partner in this battle reply to his question. He didn’t know about Night’s past or his dealings with creatures that were more beastlike. He had dealt with slavers that were human and had been a fighter unlike Night, so while they were both former slaves, they had different backgrounds in this case.

After his attack, the Heartless noticed Marilith coming, but getting blocked by Night. When Sephiroth suddenly moved their way, he called out: “Incoming, partner!” He had no idea on a choice for words, so guessed that could make his partner notice Sephiroth in time.

Having still crouched, he straightened his legs quickly to make some sort of jump after Sephiroth and moved in for a full body tackle to take the man down. He saw the SOLDIER as an easier target than Marilith, since he could at least get Sephiroth grounded by hammering the legs, but the half-snake didn’t have the legs for this. He wasn’t even sure where to hit to beat her.

[marilith]

When her bat was stopped and Night tried to push it away, Marilith could care less as her other four arms tried to grab hold of the boy. "You will burn in hellfire!" She said as she tried to take hold of Night's body with two arms and grab hold of his arms with the other two, this to open a path for her to swing her bat right in his face.

Again she swung her bat with two arms downward, aiming for Night's face and ignoring the other two that were now coming at Night. While making her attack, her tail slithered around as well in an attempt to grab someone with it and strangle someone. While she preferred burning her victims, followed by using her six swords, she could still make up for the lack of fire and swords with brute force for now. Her large size was in this case a plus, although it made her an easier target as she would be less capable of dodging.

[Larxene]

Please get in your final posts within the next 12 hours! Thank you!

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[bg=fffffe][atrb=style,border: 4px solid #3d5170;][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,450,true][atrb=width,20%][atrb=vAlign,top][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,3,true] The past is over ★ ( and Tomorrows wishful thinking ) Despite the situation he was in Night tried to keep a cool head on him. Noting the four arms that were coming at him, though the alert from his partner warned him enough to know the the silver head man was coming at him. Seeing that his attack missed (I suppose there was no mention of it) and the arms coming at him, the way he saw it he rather be struck by the other then get trapped in the snake woman's arms free to attacks. He quickly moved himself back in to avoid her arms, at the same time bracing himself as he felt the padded bat hit his side releasing a 'arg' in pain however the young ex-slave just recalled times where he was punished far worse to help deal with the blow that had knocked him down. Strong bastard was strong that was for sure. He clung to his side to hiss in pain, though didn't have much time to tend to the wound as the snake came at him again to try and attack. "Slag," he cursed lightly as he rolled himself to his uninjured side. As he rolled trying to aim a kick to her gut before completely rolling over to his hand and feet to move himself at her side and once again tried to strike at her though this time with his bat. Keeping an eye on the tail as it seemed to search for a target. ★ And i'm just wishing i can stop Words: 245 ★ Tagged:Sephiroth, Whatever, Marilith ★ Notes: Template by Usagi of on the edge

[Larxene]

The winner of the event, after careful reviewing from the staff, are as follows:

Team One: Night and Whatever

Second place is Team Two with Sephiroth and Marilith

If you have any questions or concerns about anything, feel free to pm an administrator.