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Post by Darren Blanco II on Mar 18, 2019 15:09:46 GMT -4
After a night of rest, in the infirmary for the worst-injured, the second round of the battle tournament was now officially starting.
Given the odd brackets, this second round promised to be a special one: indeed, instead of facing a single opponent, three participants would enter the ring in a free-for-all, with only one of them remaining in the end. In light of the injuries suffered by some of the participants in the first round, it was decided to add a ring-out rule, and the invisible barriers dressed in the first round were no more.
Between the jam-packed stands, holding about 10 000 people and under the watchful eye of the TV cameras, the three students who were about to fight were reminded of these rules once more by the school principal, speaking over the announcement system.
“Elimination is achieved by knock-out, surrender or ring-out, the latter happening when any part of the body makes contact with the ground outside of the ring. Once two participants are eliminated, the remaining one will advance to the semi-finals, which will return to a 1v1 format. I wish you all good luck, and may the best fighter win.”
With family, friends and strangers alike watching and cheering on them from the stands, the three combattants were directed to equidistant areas of the ring, while Geist-sensei announced them. “First we have Hajimari Miku, mistress of flora! She has shown the might of Mother Nature against the inventions of her opponent in the first round, Hino Yojin! With a well-rounded skill set, she dominates the playing field and could just cinch a victory here!”
“Second, Daimon Darren! President of the martial arts club, he could dish out a lot of damage if he is able to get in range, and he gets excellent mileage out of his quirk to do so! If you have trouble following him, follow the blue sparks, but the untrained eye might need slow-motion replays to catch his sharp blows!”
“And last but not least, Kurama Rinkusu! Class president of 1-A, her sense of responsibility carries into the arena as well, where she wields her own blood to attack and defend! Her physical abilities shouldn’t be underestimated either, as she has shown some very good movement in the first round! Her quirk might be quite the gruesome one, but let that be a warning to villains!”
“And now, without further ado… Let the battle begin!”
(ooc: posting order will be determined after the first round. You have 72h to post from the time the last poster did. There will be no more GM posts until the end, so no need to wait for me again! my apologies that this was started so late, it has been an off period for me. I hope you will enjoy the tournament nonetheless!)
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Post by Miku Hajimari on Mar 18, 2019 16:43:30 GMT -4
Today was round 2. Miku took a deep breath, she was getting a bit nervous. She passed battle 1, but barely. Now she was gonna face Darren, one of her martial arts mentors and Rin, the number 1 student that was hyped up to the heavens and back. She had to be readyfor one hell of a battle. Miku took another deep breath and calmed down. The same tactic would work like before. Seriousness, fear and intimidation. She wanted to show the world she wasnt a harmless cutie pie. She was a Hero, and she could be serious and strong if need be. Miku wanted to be taken serious, because she felt she wasnt. Miku had 2 fanny packs around her waist. One was just soil for the field, because even though Miku seeded the field in the Yojin battle, some of those seeds were covered up by the stony arena. So it might take a bit for stuff to grow and break out. The other fanny pack had seeds, lots of seeds and a small bottle of water that would help her 'recharge' her for her Quirk. The time soon came and she had to go. Miku had one last prep and that was to take out some plant seeds right away. 3 in her left hand, 2 in her right hand. She clenched her fists. But now, she had to go. Good, because she was ready. As she entered the arena, Geist announced her "First we have Hajimari Miku, mistress of flora! She has shown the might of Mother Nature against the inventions of her opponent in the first round, Hino Yojin! With a well-rounded skill set, she dominates the playing field and could just cinch a victory here!"She was happy to hear that, it gave her a bit of confidence in her skills and reassured her that she was capable of something after all. Another thing that was a weight off her shoulders was when she heard that ring outs were allowed. That would work great as she can simply fling and throw her opponents out now, instead of KO-ing them. Soon Geist announced Darren and then Rin. And then after that, he announced the battle has begun.
TLDR: -Miku gets in the arena Quirk Name and Rank: Plantmancer (D Rank) Abilities and Ranks: Poison Resistance (F Rank), Electro Bulb (F Rank), Miku's Actiony Martial Arts (F Rank), Plant Minions (F Rank), Botany (F Rank/Mundane), Musician (F Rank/Mundane) |
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Post by Rin Kurama on Mar 20, 2019 13:21:19 GMT -4
WORD COUNT: TAGGED: TAGGED: Fluffy
...As for the fight that she was currently walking into, she honestly wasn't that dedicated to this one either. At least not on a surface level. The girl had already proven that she could go toe to toe with one of the school's strongest delinquents, Darren, so a rematch made very little intrigue in her mind. Miku, much in the same vein, wasn't someone that Rin felt she needed to be overly cautious of. Yes, the girl had some achievements and feats to her, as far as Rin could remember also making an entry among the top ranked students, but when it came down to it, she had never seen anything from the smaller blonde to be concerned with. Nor had she heard anything interesting in the chat rooms. Thus, Miku was a bit of a wild card. Someone Rin would have to judge the worth of as the battle progressed. Needless to say, under normal circumstances, this fight wouldn't have interested Rin in the slightest. It wouldn't have motivated her, and she'd have participated in the battle without pouring her heart into it. Without caring what the outcome may be. This battle, circumstances taken into consideration, was not ordinary.
...There was one factor that motivated Rin more than anything else. If she was capable of advancing through this battle, and a certain blonde was capable of advancing through the other bracket, Rin and Jasmine would be facing off in the next round. It was the one fight that Rin really wanted to achieve. To battle with the roommate, the lover, the girlfriend, the best friend, whom she had spent the better of a year with, without ever competing. They both respected the strength and skill of the other, but they had never put it to any real test. They had never had a go at each other, and while Rin respected and loved Jasmine... some part of her wanted to know which one of them was currently more capable. Of course, at the time they had arrived at Yuuei, Jasmine had been leagues and bounds ahead... but nowadays, with all the practice and training, Rin was sure that it'd be a nailbiter. Rin wished for it, longed for it, wanted it... Enough to make her blood almost boil with anticipation.
“And last but not least, Kurama Rinkusu! Class president of 1-A, her sense of responsibility carries into the arena as well, where she wields her own blood to attack and defend! Her physical abilities shouldn’t be underestimated either, as she has shown some very good movement in the first round! Her quirk might be quite the gruesome one, but let that be a warning to villains!”
Waving towards the stands, Rin felt a little awkward. Gruesome quirk. That was never really going to escape her, was it?... Though, surprisingly, there seemed to be more hype in the air surrounding her appearance than distaste or disdain. Cracking her knuckles, the raven haired female was prepared and at the ready. Any moment now, the fight would begin. Stepping lightly in place, keeping warm, her heart was pounding. Darren had won at capturing the flag...
This time, he had no one to bail him out. The girl had taken her time studying the last fight. Taking notes, making assumptions and preparing. The most important thing that her research had taught her was a simple one. Darren's activations were really fast in movement, and probably impossible to track with the eyes she currently posessed.... but there was a timer in which he activated. It meant that he would never reach his top speed without preparing activations. It meant that there was a clear weakness and predictability to Darren's movements. Weaknesses that Rin had studied, and planned to exploit to everliving hell, before Darren caught on...
As for items she brought to the fight?... Around her waist, the girl had a utility belt. In said belt, she had two metallic cannisters containing her blood, so that she could start the fight without immediately needing to wound herself. In addition, she carried general medical equipment. Self-procured medicine and healing agents, scalpels, pincers and the like. In general, the girl was prepared to her fingertips to give her two opponents hell today. Prepared mentally, prepared studiously of Darren, prepared for the variable that was Miku. If Rin wanted to face Jasmine, she had to win. Cost whatever it cost will. Hopefully the two of them would understand.
Rin was not there to fool around with them.
Quirk: Crimson Angel (C-rank)
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Post by Daimon Darren on Mar 22, 2019 5:36:56 GMT -4
Round two.
Yumi had been more of a fight than he’d ever hoped for. While locked in this nail-biting, high-flying confrontation, the only emotion he experienced was adrenaline-fueled bliss. After the match, it was a mix of confusion and desire -- as one of the greatest philosophers of the 21st century put it, “I love a woman who can kick my ass.” But the prevailing feeling was one of pride and confidence.
Yumi’s progress after their training sessions had been nothing short of incredible, and while she relied on her quirk for everything, her speed and agility almost matched his now, in addition to range and destructive power he couldn’t compete with. What he had going for him was his resilience and, less noticeably, his skill.
Ever since the capture the flag exercise, Darren had been worrying about his tactical acumen. In a straight-up fight, he was sure he could have beaten Rin there, but he let anger get the better of him and let the girl lead him into a trap. They ended up winning the exercise -- he carried the enemy flag back to base himself -- but he only got out of the trap thanks to Yumi’s help. It angered him. Would he have been able to get out on his own?
It was ultimately a pointless question: don’t think about getting trapped, the coach would say. Just don’t get trapped. Easier said and done, some people would have said -- and Darren thought it himself, but he knew better than to talk back to the old man by now. Instead, he just put down the work.
When he wasn’t training, the delinquent dug up an impressive collection of uTube videos: fight analyses of every martial arts known to blonde, military strategy -- no, tactics, he knew the difference between the two now, -- documentaries about more esoteric martial arts and their philosophies, even some videos about proper sports. He watched countless hours of every kind of fight, documentaries on various wars and military operations, tactically deep football games, even checked out a book from the library for the first time of the school year: Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.
He could see the effects of all this studying: his knowledge of the latest memes had become spotty at best.
Jokes aside, it comforted a thought he found himself having more and more as time went on: whatever the activity, it’s always all about seeing the lines. Predicting the trajectory of a long ball or a free kick was no different than reading the intentions of an opponent in an all-out fight; it was just harder, with more variables at play and greater consequences for failure, but ultimately, it was all about getting a picture in your head of where things were, how they were moving and how to react.
But a fight wasn’t a game of chess, with perfect information and all the time in the world to plan out every possible move dozens of turns in advance. Paradoxically, if one wanted to read the lines, they had to accept their unpredictability; a fighter had to make split-second decisions off of imperfect information, with inaction often worse than making the wrong decision. Rolling with the punches and knowing how to fight from disadvantageous positions was paramount to victory. One had to keep watching the lines, ever-changing as they were, hoping to eventually make sense of the chaos to clinch a victory. What had failed Darren in the capture the flag exercise was that he had only focused on the line he could see, the line through Rin’s bulletstorm that would allow him to get close. He hadn’t stopped to consider the girl could also see the same line and was prepared to spring a trap on him. He was too confident in his one line to victory and failed to account for the unexpected.
All this training and studying came to fruition in the fight against Yumi. Taking into account the lines she could see, he lulled her into a false sense of confidence by taking a couple of her attacks to sell his feints, like a general taking losses to get himself into a better position. When he needed to cower behind his metaphorical walls and defend, he did so, only to unleash his aggressivity tenfold when the conditions were favorable. It was hard to parse in the high-octane action, but a fight of this level was won with mind and body equally, and Darren showed his quality in both respects.
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And so it was with relaxed confidence that the young striker took to the arena today, a sly half-smile adorning the corner of his lips. He waved quickly at the audience as Geist-sensei upsold him and his opponents, but quickly redirected his attention at the latter. Relaxed as he seemed to be, he knew he was gonna have to take this fight seriously.
Much as he hated to acknowledge it, Rin’s reputation was not entirely undeserved, and he had experienced it first-hand. She was quick, she was agile, she could even fly for some time with wings of blood; all in all, her profile was surprisingly similar to Yumi, except that she could reasonably hold her own at close range. Against a lesser opponent, that was. She’d best rely on what she did best -- torrents of blood and the likes -- and keep him away rather than try her luck at close range, he informed her with a big, fake smile. His eyes told no lie, however, as he stared her down with the ferocity of a wolf. Or perhaps a tiger. Maybe a hawk? Darren could never decide with was his spirit animal, the only constant being that they were all predators.
Miku got the same smile and stare. She was much more reserved, and while he knew a thing or two about her fighting style from their training sessions, it remained largely a mystery. He knew it had to do with plants and controlling them, but the full extent of her capabilities remained to be seen. With the ring-outs now enabled, he’d have to be careful of where he stepped -- you never knew when a stray root was gonna catch you unaware.
Soon they were told to get ready. Darren took on an upright stance, holding his arms low and relaxed and dancing on the ball of his feet, ready to strike and get away at a moment’s notice. A couple of tentative sparks crackled in the corner of his eye, like a wink.
Bring it on, he thought as the voice of Geist-sensei resonated in the loudspeakers.
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Post by Miku Hajimari on Mar 23, 2019 3:27:39 GMT -4
“Let the battle begin!!” the teacher announcer said
And thus Miku made her first move.
Miku threw 3 plant seeds at Darren and 2 at Rin.The seeds grew quickly into knee sized sentient plants. The plant minions which angrily charged at their foe, their intent? Keep the enemies at bay from their master. The small plant minions could only mildly scratch their foes and spit nuts at them. The creatures were mostly annoying and harmless, but perfect to waste someones time.
Miku had no idea who would attack who in this free for all. And as much as she'd like to team up with her band mate against Rin, she didnt want to risk insta losing. For al she knew Darren could just throw her out of the arena and try to solo against Rin. That wont do, hence why she had to make the first move and attack both.
While that was going on Miku took off her fanny pack and poured the soil on the ground. She was setting up once again. Because after she poured the soil,s he would quickly throw a seed, which would grow into a tree. Although, growing a tree takes time. Something that Miku doesnt have.
She kept her eyes on her foes, studying their moves. Her attention was divided as she looked at Rin and then at Darren, and then once again back at Rin. She had no idea who they would strike. Eachother? Her? Miku had to be prepared
TLDR:
-Miku used her ability Plant Minions, she summoned 5 of them. 3 went at Darren and 2 at Rin.
-She poured soil from a fanny pack and threw a seed
-A tree is growing
-Miku is observing her foes, trying to anticipate who will attack who
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Post by Rin Kurama on Mar 24, 2019 6:06:25 GMT -4
WORD COUNT: TAGGED: TAGGED: Fluffy
The two of them were band mates. The two of them shared a stronger bond than Rin did with either of them. It certainly was a possibility that the two of them teamed up, either full time or until one could stab the other in the back, so Rin had to be vary of potentially fighting a one on two. As the fight began, Rin had a very simple approach to the combat. Take out the weaker opponent immediately, so she could isolate a one on one. The blood cannisters broke open, the blood forming itself into a small projectile, as Miku was creating some kind of tiny seed munching monster, literally growing out of a seed in front of her sapphire blue eyes. It mattered little to Rin, escaping the minion wouldn't be much of a problem, and could wait until after she had launched her attack. The whirling blob of crimson condensed into what was essentially a bullet, launching directly at Miku's upper torso at velocities Rin herself would find troubling to dodge at this distance. The bullet was shaped so as to impact concussive force, rather than piercing through Miku like a traditional bullet. As the other girl hadn't moved from where they started, Rin had launched a merciless attack, hoping to force the plant girl out of the ring, or alternatively, knock her on her ass. There was no holding back, and a clean hit could break several ribs all at once...
As for Rin's own position, the remaining blood was swirling in the space between herself and Darren, as she lept up into the air, forwards towards the center of the ring. In the air, she figured that something so small as those knee-high creations would struggle reaching her. Moving forwards also meant that she'd have less of a risk of getting blindsided and knocked off the ring while not paying attention. Each step was strategical and calculated. Rin was going to win this. Rin was going to face Jasmine in the semi-finals. Rin was going to prove she had a claim to the title of highest ranked student at Yuuei!
TLDR: Rin is mercilessly attacking Miku with a bullet of blood, as Miku is creating plantmen, disallowing the girl from growing her tree. Trying to take out the opponent that'd struggle dodging her attacks. Hopping up, moving towards the center of the arena, keeping an eye on both the plant-monsters and Darren.
Quirk: Crimson Angel (C-rank)
Stamina (F-rank)
Medicine (D-rank)
Blood Acrobat (E-rank)
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Post by Daimon Darren on Mar 24, 2019 16:52:17 GMT -4
And the battle began. Darren’s eyes quickly darted from left to right to asses the situation, and the first to make a move was Miku, throwing out a few seeds which quickly grew into small wooden men, the same she had used again Yojin. As a tentative kick with the point of the foot into the closest one confirmed, they were little more than a nuisance on their own, and sadly, even as a group, the delinquent seriously doubted they had the destructive power to cause him real trouble. Rin meanwhile wasted no time in build-up and leaped forwards after shooting a blood bullet in Miku’s direction, who was now growing a tree that was certainly gonna prove itself very useful very soon, what with the incoming blood bullet and all. A curtain of hemoglobine remained in the half-space between Darren and the blood manipulator to ward him off. He would act a second later than the others, but within that second quickly formulated a simple plan. “You guys are gonna make yourselves useful,” he told the woodmen with a menacing grin. He grabbed the two closest ones by the hair -- well, the leaves -- and heaved them up Rin’s direction with a couple of powerful throws, though they were purposely off-target, one closer to himself and one farther, both about fifteen meters away from their intended target and thrown behind her back. Let's call these brave woodmen Pierre-Emerick and John-Bob. If they watched his previous match with Yumi, they should recognize that he was setting himself up for his aerial volley kick, especially since he was crouching down and overflowing with deep blue sparks. “Hey Rin, guess where it’s gonna come from!” he shouted as he flung himself towards the closer woodman, Pierre-Emerick, cocked his right foot, fired up the sparks of his quirk to whip in the volley… And instead of kicking it, snatched it, flung his entire body away with the charge of his quirk, to reach the second woodman, John-Bob, and let the poor bastard have it hoping he wouldn’t explode into splinters, shooting it on a collision course with the back of Rin’s head. At such a distance however, he knew it certainly wouldn’t be a hit. There was no line to victory, no course for this shot to reach its target without being blocked or dodged beforehand. No, John-Bob would need some support. His body still spinning from the first shot, he flung Pierre-Emerick at the end of his rotation, a couple meters away from where he shot the first one as he still carried some momentum. Immediately after, he once again snapped out of position with his quirk to chase after the woodmen and get himself closer to Rin on a zig-zagging path. Right off the bat, Darren was coming in with guns blazing and announced the color of his unpredictable style. The two woodmen were thrown up with the intent of setting up two lines of attack, two ‘balls’ he could go after for the volley shot; by feinting going for the Pierre-Emerick, he aimed to get her to defend there, but instead picked John-Bob for his shot. Knowing that wouldn’t be enough, he had grabbed Pierre and threw it for a second shot before heading there himself with one of his trademark mazing runs through the air. She would have three sources of danger to contend with, and he knew that she couldn’t just go and ignore them. Friendly as he was with Miku, he was much too competitive to collude in a free for all. But he was nonetheless an experienced fighter, and he knew that the longer the floramancer was kept into the fight, the more Rin’s attention would be divided and the more chances would come. And the best way to go about it was to keep the blood manipulator on the defensive. He was certainly not about to take any bullets for her sake or risk himself on a predictable course to try and pull the blonde beansprout out of danger, but if she was nice enough to distract Rin for him, he was happy to take the opportunity to close in. A few months ago, he would have headed straight for her like a mad bull, but he had learned not to take the hemoglomancer lightly. Her defense was not one that could be broken through with raw power, it had to be carefully picked open with positional tactics, creative angles of attack and great concentration. Her weakness, he knew, was that once this ironclad defense was broken through, Rin was a complete glass cannon and would go down with one solid combination if the capture the flag exercise was of any indication. Her defense relied on her own concentration, in getting a barrier of blood between herself and the attack in time or dodge, else she was fried. As such, the best way to keep her off Miku’s back was self-evident: attack, attack, attack! Much like in football, it didn’t matter how tough the defense was. If you came at it relentlessly, the cracks would show and an opening would come to light. All he had to do was to keep on attacking, keep on shooting, keep on fighting. And it was with this attacking mentality in mind that Darren closed in after the shot minions, incessantly changing directions, a fist and a leg or two at the ready should the opportunity present itself. Much as he would hate to admit it, he respected Rin’s strength. And while others would have manifested that respect with a careful approach, for the young striker, it translated into a relentless assault. Keep her under constant threat of knockout, force her to shell up and do not give her any time to think, or else she was gonna spring another trap on him. And it wouldn’t do to lose in that fashion again. Especially with another revenge likely to realize itself if he made it to the semis... (ooc: -assesses the situation -designates two plant minions volunteers, grabs them by the leaf hair, throws them behind Rin’s back a 15 meters or so away from her to keep her guessing where the attack would come -goes after the one closest to himself, let's call him Pierre-Emerick - SIKE YOU THOUGHT-actually goes after the second one (John-Bob), grabs Pierre on the way for good measure -shoots John-Bob at Rin, throws the Pierre-Emerick at Rin as well, a couple of meters away -goes after Rin himself afterward in a zig-zagging pattern) |
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Post by Miku Hajimari on Mar 26, 2019 13:52:35 GMT -4
At the same time Miku threw and summoned her Plant Minions, Rin shot a poweful bullet of blood. One of the Plant Minions collided with the bullet, thus completely obliterating it. Sadly, it was a nasty bullet that not only obliterating the plant minion, but it passed through, Miku reacted as fast as she could and avoided a hit to the torso, but it did hit her left upper arm as she hadnt managed to quite fully dodge it. It was nasty and painful, but she didnt have time to dwell on things such as luck, as her tree fully grew. While Rin was jumping in the air towards the center of the arena. Miku immediatelly hid behind it and used it as a cover against another possible Rin attack.
Miku manipulated the trees roots to grow and slither underground towards the center of the arena where Rin was. The roots would then burrow out of the ground where Rin's feet stood. If the tree's roots managed to crawl up her legs and tie them up. They would would lift Rin in the air to violently throw her out of the arena. But she couldnt just rely on her Quirk and a plan to try and throw her out. Thats why, she reached into her fanny pack and threw a few seeds outside the arena. On the soil/dirt area. Miku would grow vines that would make sure she wasnt thrown out of bounds. Now if only she could do that on every side of the arena so the vines would drag the 2 out. For now Miku stood behind and strategized what was the next best course of action. Unfortunaly, because she jumped to cover right away, she hadn't seen what Darren did. But considering he wasnt here all over her, she imagined that he also went to attack Rin. Figuring that Rin was preoccupied against a possible 2 on 1, Miku leaned to the side for a second to take a peek of the situation. And then quickly pulled back before one of them fired a blood bullet or kick to the face. Meanwhile with Darren kicking the minion known as John-Bob, throwing Pierre; and Rin destroying 1 minion as well with her blood bullet. There were potentially 2 Plant Minions left; Miku didnt see what happened to John Bob or Pierre Emerick, if they still standing in one piece or not. So she didnt know if she had 4 minions left or 3 or 2 All in all, any standing Plant Minions would ignore Darren, as in not harm him and completely focus on Rin. They were stationary in case Darren needed them, but instead of ouright attacking Rin, they were ready to act as a 'meat' shield against Rins future attacks
TLDR: -1 Plant Minion got destroyed by Rin's blood bullet, the bullet went through, Miku hadn't dodged in time and got hit by it in the upper arm -At the same time that happened, the tree fully grew -Miku hid behind the tree -She formed a counterattack by manipulating the trees roots to go under Rin, if the action is successful, the roots would lift Rin and throw her for a Ring Out -Along the way, she threw a few plant seeds on the dirt outside the arena and grew them into vines that would protect her from being hit out of arena -She took a peek at the fight for a second before hiding once more -2(or 3 or 4?) plant minions remain stationary in case they are needed by Miku or Darren -Fate of John Bob is unknown as it was kicked at Rin -Fate of Pierre Emerick is unknown as it was thrown at Rin |
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Post by Rin Kurama on Mar 28, 2019 11:49:25 GMT -4
WORD COUNT: TAGGED: TAGGED: Fluffy
The blood bullet which had impacted on Miku's arm, had carefully wrapped itself around her wrist, hardening into a bracelet, hard as iron. Miku would find it severely difficult to remove. Rin was out of range to effectively use it for anything, yet, but as soon as she came back into range of Miku, the assault could continue. If Miku failed to get it off, it'd become quite a problem later on. For now, the girl used the remainder of her blood to slit both of her own wrists, landing on the platform while staring down Darren. Blood poured out of her open wounds, ceasing suddenly and abruptly. The girl had something like six buckets of blood available to her now. Less than half her maximum capacity, yet enough to put up a decent fight. Rin wanted to maintain as much of her health and stamina as possible. With two enemies both currently targetting her, the fight was likely to draw out. Between herself and Darren, the blood floated calmly in air. It was like a crimson blob. Rin had intentionally left it unhardened. A smaller blob floated just above Rin's right shoulder.
Once the blood had hardened, it wasn't as easy to move or reform. In the blob-form it was easier to move and reform, but it naturally wouldn't block much of a hit if Darren decided to rush straight through it. Essentially, it would come down to predictions and reaction time. If Rin decided to turn the blood into something like a porcupine and Darren rushed straight into it, he'd likely get himself punctured badly. On the other hand, if Rin hardened it while Darren threw a feint, she'd be left without any significant blood at her side to intercept a followup attack. It was only enough blood to prevent a strike from Darren from immediately oneshotting her like it had in the Capture the Flag environment. A small emergency contingency plan. Either case, Rin had chosen to lay low. Holding back on attacking and getting into a good defensive posture.
TLDR: Rin exchanges places with Pierre-Emerick, finding a place on the arena floor where she is safe. The blood bullet hardens around Miku's arm, but does no damage. Rin bleeds more and prepares to take on an assault from Darren.
Quirk: Crimson Angel (C-rank)
Stamina (F-rank)
Medicine (D-rank)
Blood Acrobat (E-rank)
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Post by Daimon Darren on Mar 28, 2019 22:21:41 GMT -4
Faster, and more nimble, thought the young delinquent as he saw Rin catch the first minion and redirect it upwards as she threw herself to the ground. His half-smirk widened. But nothing I can't handle so far. He quickly ended his zig-zagging run at the next activation, instead opting to head towards the ground to the left of the girl a dozen meters away, steering clear of the blob of blood clearly reserved for himself. He crashed on the arena’s stone ground with force, cracking the stone as he slid to a halt. He took this short moment of respite to analyze the situation. Miku meanwhile seemed more interested in defeating Rin than him, and she had her hands full dealing with the hemomancer’s assault anyway. In fact, as long as the two of them were catfighting, he held an advantageous position. With no attacks focused on him, he was free to focus on creating chances for himself. He sprang into action immediately as he jumped and used another activation of his quirk to crash down feet-first where he had cracked the stone arena, breaking off a few pieces of rock as he had done against Yumi. The debris wasn’t given a chance to hit the ground before it was whipped again in Rin’s direction, the bigger pieces breaking to spray like a buckshot shotgun blast. Once again, at this range, there was no way Rin wouldn’t be able to mount a countermeasure; after all, there was a glob of blood between the buckshot and its target, and even if she let the debris go through, she would be more than able to step out of the way. This wasn’t meant to hurt her just yet; it was meant to keep her busy. In his numerous fights against ranged users, one thing had been made very clear to Darren: at range, he presented absolutely no threat and as such he had very few tools if any to move the opposition. Up until now, he had managed to close down his opponents with a mixture of skill and grit, dodging attacks and taking some all for the chance to deliver a strong blow. But like an army with no archers, his enemies were free to whittle him down from a distance up until now. In order to give himself the tools he would need to force the guard of an opponent of Rin's quality open, the young striker had derived a unique shooting technique from the football he loved. There was a lot more power in a proper shoot than in the strongest throw, and with the ability to project the threat of his power at a distance, Darren would force to react in some way. She would have to expend energy and attention to answer each of his harassing strikes. Eventually, she would tire, lose patience, and show an opening. Eventually. He just had to keep a cool head all the way through... After firing his buckshot volley, Darren quickly darted to his right with another shot of Autokinesis, away from the tree, aiming to circle around Rin so she’d have the tree in front of her and Darren at her back, keeping a close eye on the glob of blood as he did so. The center was certainly an advantageous position when it came to avoiding the ring-out, but it also meant exposing yourself as a target and opening yourself up to more angles of attack, something Darren would exploit without mercy. The capture the flag exercise had been enough to get him to begrundingly acknowledge the blood manipulator as a worthy opponent, one deserving his full concentration if he hoped to snatch a victory in this round. Moving there to sandwich her between Miku and himself also allowed him to get away from the floramancer -- after all, he had no idea what her plans were and he wasn’t about to trust her in the least. A liana snatching his ankle while he was distracted could be the whole difference between heaven and earth. If he would reach his new position unscathed, then he’d begin another zig-zagging run towards the blood girl, relentlessly, cocking another punch for when he’d get close; however, he knew things probably wouldn’t be as easy as that, and so he ran with his hands up, ready to throw up a guard. And, of course, while he supported his runs with his quirk, he was not firing full-blown activations just yet, reserving those to leap out of the way at the last second should he need to. It was a patient approach, but with the increasing excitement mounting to his lips in the form of a widening smirk, how long would the former delinquent be able to keep fighting so level-headedly? Would he be able to keep a cool head on his shoulders, or were his bad habits going to resurface once more? (tl;dr: -lands with force to the side of Rin, a dozen meters away, cracking the stone -after a quick assessment of the situation, jumps/dropkicks on the cracked stone again to break some debris -volley shoots the debris with his foot like a shotgun blast, directly at Rin (likely on the glob of blood, as a result) -dashes to the right immediately after to get away from Miku and pincer Rin in the middle -if he’s able to make it there unscathed, will start zig-zagging at Rin again, if not is ready to deal with an attack made a rough sketch to illustrate, do tell me if i got anyone’s positions wrong prntscr.com/n4fcyy ) |
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Post by Miku Hajimari on Mar 30, 2019 12:09:22 GMT -4
The blood bullet which hit Miku's left arm started to move? ... it carefully wrapped itself around her wrist and thus hardened itself into a blood... bracelet handcuff.. thing. Miku didnt know what this was for, but she needed to get it off. Now. Especially since she was behind the tree. She tried to pull the blood bracelet out, but that didnt work. She then tried to wiggle her arm out of it,but again no avail. She then tried hitting it with her first, which of course did nothing. She then hit her wrist/hand/bracelet against the tree, she did uit over and over. And then she tried even bitting it a bit. And then she backed away from the tree, while still being behind the cover compared to the two. She positioned her hand in a defence like position as if covering her face, like if anything was gonna hit her, it would hit her wrist. She then charged toward the tree and slamed into it. Hand first. She then looked if anything happened
"Oh for crying out loud!!" she thought to herself and rubbed the wrist against the tree, hoping the bark or anything would scratch the bracelet off
After she quit trying to get it off, she did look at the hardened blood bracelet, and then at the tree. She thought to herself that maybe she could do something like this. She cant control human blood, but she can control 'tree blood' aka resin. What if she hardened that? She'd get amber. Miku shook her head as it was not the time nor the place to try and make an amber tool test thing.
Until she figures out a way to get rid of this bracelet, she would just have to steer clear of Rin. Miku didnt know was she out of Rins range or was Darren just too good at distracting her, but it was a blessing those two were duking it out
"Ok, Miku think. That girl is a living weapon. You gotta either throw her out of the arena, or hit her with blunt damage so she doesnt bleed" Miku thought to herself as she attempted to strategize, but was interrupted when she heard a noise. She immediatelly peeked out and saw Darren who crashed feet-first where he had cracked the stone arena. What was amazing was that the debris wasn’t given a chance to hit the ground before it was whipped again in Rin’s direction, the bigger pieces breaking to spray like a buckshot shotgun blast.
Cracked ground? BRILLIANT!!! Miku used that opportunity to grab 4 seeds from her fanny pack and she threw them where Darren cracked the ground. She used her Quirk to make them grow into vines that would go at Rin, attempting to tie her each limb. That way she couldnt cut herself or use her Quirk, right? In addition to the newly grown vines, the tree roots that previously attempted to grab Rin extended more, going at her and trying to wrap themselves now around her torso
Another thing she did was manipulate the tree's roots to break the stone floor around her. She spread it to its Plus Ultra limit of 15m. She never did that, but she had to push herself now. She needed all the soil she could get. That way she could grow another tree, and thus get closer to the action, but with some cover
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TLDR:
-Miku has one too many attempts of gettng rid of the blood bracelet
-Miku strategizes
-Miku hears the sound of stone breaking, peeking out of her cover to see that Darren damaged the ground for her
-Miku throw 4 seeds there and grows them into 4 vines
-The 4 vines and the tree roots(from last post that no one really reacted to) attempt to grab and restrain Rin -The 4 vines attempt to grab Rins limbs to be specific, while the tree roots want to wrap themselves around her torso
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Post by Rin Kurama on Mar 30, 2019 14:39:04 GMT -4
WORD COUNT: TAGGED: TAGGED: Fluffy
Rin's sapphire blue eyes widened, as the roots completely ignored Darren. An obvious target, an obvious opportunity, ignored to instead attempt and pour more pressure on Rin. The girl was shocked at the level of dishonesty. This was supposed to be a friendly competition. A place to showcase your skill, your honor, your sportsmanship. Yet they were blatantly teaming up with one another at this point. They were spitting directly into her face. Deep inside her chest, she felt her heart pounding. A strange sensation spreading throughout her body. Frozen completely in place, this was the second time that Rin had spaced out. Miku's attack was telegraphed. It was obvious. Yet Rin was not moving from her spot, just staring at the both of them. A look of being heartbroken by their actions. The first vine wrapped around her right arm, tightening. That is when she snapped back to this world. Doing a backwards flip and tugging her other arm in, Rin avoided being grabbed by more than one vine. Tugging hard at the constraints, a terrifying crack could be heard from her arm. It was loud enough to be heard across the arena. A few of the onlookers grimacing. Rin had broken her own arm, reacting completely on instinct to get out of the bind, rather than slicing it with her quirk. It was painful, it hurt. It hurt. It hurt.
Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why. Rin was trembling in her place, as desperation and anger flooded her system. All of the effort that the girl had put in. All of that training. This was meant to be her time to show how much she had improved. It was meant to prove to herself, that she wasn't the same as before. That something like Nick would never happen again. That Rin had taken steps closer to dealing with something like a Thundershock showing up at the Tokyo hospital. Yet here they were, teaming up against her, trying to take it away from her. Trying to invalidate everything that she had done. The trembling ceased, her breathing calmed. The sapphire glint in her eyes vanishing, leaving behind only a deep glassy blue. The change in demeanor, in the atmosphere around her, was something that didn't need to be seen to be understood. It was something that could be felt. The blood inside her arm, hardened around the broken bone. It was not mending it. Rin could not spare that kind of energy. Instead, she essentially fixed it in place, decreasing the pain it would cause her to move around with. Like an internal bandage.
Standing in her own little quadrant, Rin was emitting an intense amount of pressure. Despite her cloth being cut and her arm broken, she was anything but down. It was almost like she was daring them to move closer and into her range. The moment they did, she'd cease being considerate and calm. To Rin, winning this battle was more than status, more than a followup fight with Jasmine, more than... so many things. It was about proving that she had changed. Failing her was not an option, and she would go far beyond what some would consider acceptable in a showcase. At this point, Rin felt they had broken the rules to invalidate her hard work... So using blunt bullets was no longer going to happen.
They would suffer like she was, if they dared step closer to her.
TLDR: Rin moves into the debris hail from Darren, not blocking any, allowing superficial cuts and torn cloth, rather than risking creating an opening for him to dart into. Freezes in place for an exceedingly brief moment when Miku's attack bypasses/ignores Darren. Gets caught to one limb, forcing her way out by janking her arm - breaking it in the process.
Rin, now in her own quadrant, is emitting an intense pressure. The blob of blood between her and her enemies, daring them to step closer.
Quirk: Crimson Angel (C-rank)
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Post by Daimon Darren on Mar 30, 2019 18:47:12 GMT -4
The first volley had been effective. Immediately after his kick he blasted straight away from the broken ground, and not a second too late as Miku threw a handful of seeds on the cracked ground. Vines were quick to come out but he was already going, and as such they turned on Rin as the delinquent flew away and around the hemomancer.
Darren was perfectly aware of how this looked -- nay, how it was: they both focused their efforts on Rin, the more dangerous target, turning this fight into an effective two versus one for the time being. Such a thing would certainly be considered dishonorable by many, and as a proud delinquent, Darren of course followed his own personal code of honor. When accepting a challenge, one should abide by the agreed-upon rules, that much was true. But he was not breaking that principle. The match was a threeway free-for-all to the last man standing -- in other words a battle royale. And as an edgy Japanese teenager of sixteen years, of course Darren had seen Battle Royale.
In a fight of this nature, temporary alliances of circumstances would be legion, and navigating the psychological aspects of these fights was just as important as the physical and tactical ones. As a hero, they might be called to intervene in the middle of a gang war. In middle school, when he and his goons fought against delinquents from other schools and the cops were called on them, it was considered a victory to get away while letting your rivals get caught. Criminals were used to this dog-eat-dog world, and they as future heroes would have to be too.
Perhaps it was the sentiment of injustice overwhelming her that frozen the girl, as she reacted an instant too late, letting the roots and vine come to her. She dodged the first wave of assaults, but one vine managed to get a hold of her arm. No big deal, she could probably cut it off -- crack -- nevermind.
The blonde delinquent’s eyes deadened somewhat as he landed to the other side of the arena, ready to zig-zag his way in. Sloppy, the look in his eyes said. You getting stage fright, Scarlett? She looked like she could move fine enough, but he heard that crack right, and if her pained expression was of any indication, something was broken. Immediately the blob of blood was recalled to her and her defense tightened and the air around her thickened. He knew that look of intimidation -- it was just like Jasmine’s. There you go. Now that’s more like you.
A couple of months ago, the arrogant Darren would have stopped right there and gone after Miku, thinking Rin would be out of the fight already and he would win anyway. However, since Semper Fi, the delinquent had shouldered two humbling defeats. The first one, against Jasmine, had been uncontestable, a proper beatdown that would have only ended up worse if they didn’t get separated. But the second one had been to Rin. It was perhaps more of a metaphorical one, but by herself she had managed to seal away his advantage of speed and mobility. They had the stronger team, and in the end it was only thanks to Yumi’s victory over Yusaku that he was freed to fly their flag home. Even if he he managed to floor her in a single punch, the objective of the exercise was to retrieve the enemy flag and drive it home. And she had successfully kept him from doing so on her own, before her teammates failed.
Because of this, he wasn’t underestimating Rin no more. Despite the appearances, she was not above trickery and decisive use of violence to get her way in a fight, something he respected in a fighter. She had not been afraid to use serrated spears against that Chinese dude, despite what the crowd would think. She was much more ruthless than she looked. If he attacked her now, arguably when her guard was at her highest, he would get his share of bruises. As he took it, he was perfectly aware that it wasn’t the wisest, most prudent decision.
But as Sun Tzu never said, to hell with prudence! As he did say, a general sometimes had to be bold and make a show of strength. And thus the delinquent dived into a a zig-zagging run towards the hemomancer, moving erratically left, right, down and up. He attempted to dribble past the glob of blood, feinting left with a small activation, abruptly stopped himself with another one and darted right, trying to run past it and get into melee range with the blood girl from 1-A. His guard would be up, his footwork quick and his quirk crackling, expecting countermeasures to dive down upon him at any time. Let them come.
Instead of getting any closer, the delinquent would keep moving inside that range, not quite close enough to reach with a jab or a kick, but enough that he could get there quickly if he saw an opening. Of course, that also meant he was close enough that he only had a very short window to react to anything Rin would attempt now. And although he kept on the move quick steps and was ready to unleash his quirk at any time, he wouldn’t be quick enough to dodge everything she could throw at him. Such a risky strategy was certainly going to cost him a couple of bruises; one had to know you couldn’t occupy the opponent’s territory without attrition.
Tactical as he prided his approach to be, however, one could argue that he wasn’t pouncing on the injured Rin either; in fact, he seemed strangely reluctant to create offensively himself, instead waiting for a chance to manifest. It seemed that if Rin wasn’t going to threaten him in this space, he wouldn’t go on the attack either, and he would be slowly drifting even further right, closer and closer to Miku.
Were his old habits as a delinquent dying hard? Was he looking to spice up the fight subconsciously? Such were the questions he himself couldn’t answer.
(tl;dr: -goes on his zig zagging run as planned in the last post
-attempts to drive past the glob of blood by feinting left then right
-if successful, will drift in the space between the blob and Rin, waiting for a chance and ready to try and dodge her countermeasures instead of closing her down himself
-getting closer to where Miku is as he does it, seems reluctant to pounce on a weakened opponent like he usually would) |
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Post by Miku Hajimari on Apr 2, 2019 9:24:07 GMT -4
Rin may think this was unfair, but this was life. The battle is a free for all. And at the start of the battle Miku attacked both Rin and Darren with her Plant Minions. Miku sent 2 Plant Minions at Rin, while she threw 3 at Darren. Miku at the start of the match focused on Darren because she considered him a bigger threat. That all turned around when Rin attacked Miku with the blood bullet. So at that point, Miku attacked both, Rin attacked Miku and Darren attacked Rin. It would've been stupid if Miku ignored the threat that is Rin. She was the number 1 student after all. And her reputation did preceed her. Miku heard of Rin, she heard stuff about Rin, but she never met the girl herself. While Rin thought Miku was unfair, dishonest, unsporty. Miku just thought this was reasonable and strategic. The fight would be a stalemate if no one focused on no one. Rin attacking Miku. Miku attacking Darren. Darren attacking Rin. That fight just wouldnt go anywhere. It would just be a poor choice Miku couldnt profit of off. Its not like the two blondes agreed that they would take out Rin first. The girls actions simply turned her into a target. At least thats why Miku decided to focus on Rin, who knows why Darren did it. But who knew when Darren would change his mind and decide to turn on Miku. It looked like the two blondes were dealing with Rin rather well. Darrent kept attacking and Miku trying to distract her. Until....CRACK... Miku just facepalmed. Did Rin really break her arm?? Miku thought she'd shrug the vines off like no problem. Miku then kept an eye on the both of them, Rin and Darren. Watching, she didnt like what she saw with Rin. Did she go coo coo for cocoa puffs? Miku didnt know Rin, but Darren sure did, so she observed Darrens actions. The delinquent zig zagged towarns Rin, he moved erratically left, right, up, down, diagonal, wherever, random. She watched him, not sure what to do. While he was busy with Rin, Miku took a plant seed in her left hand, the one that is cuffed by the blood bracelet. She grabbed a bit of soil, after all. All she needed was seed and soil for a plant to grow. She decided if one of them gets up close, they were gonna get a surprise. She curled her left hand into a fist and grew the electro bulb in her hand. Its roots spreading to her hand, burrowing under the blood bracelet.Creating a mini buffer zone between her and her bracelet. Miku did her best to keep her fist closed to contain the electric flower. If anyone wanted to fuck with her, she would pull a Yojin, and if need be electrocute herself to electrocute her foe. Miku was worried if someone got close to her that they'd attack her. Rin or Darren, whoever dares to do that would get zapped. With her right hand, she took one more seed at threw it at the base of the tree, albeit on the other side. She grew poison ivy. Anyone who dared to get close to Miku would get entagled and tied by poison ivy and suffer redness of skin, itchiness, rash. Nasty stuff. It was a warning for everyone to stay back
TLDR: -Miku witnessed Rin break her arm -She observed both of her foes to judge her next actions -Because she didnt know Rin much as a person, she relied on Darren and whatever he did
-Feeling worried and weary, Miku moved on the defensive
-She grew an Electro Bulb in her left hand, ready to electrocute anyone close to her. The plants roots acting as a mini buffer zone between the blood bracelet and her skin
-At the base of the tree, on the other side thats closer to the action; Miku grew poison ivy to entangle anyone who tries to mess with her
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Post by Rin Kurama on Apr 2, 2019 15:54:31 GMT -4
WORD COUNT: TAGGED: TAGGED: Fluffy
Darren was zipping towards her as she was bleeding out more arsenal. The red blob between them was somewhat lazily attempting to ward him off. Rin was not putting full focus on it, yet not allowing him to slip in uncontested. The blood was stretching itself thinner, but it wasn't so much of a problem, now that she had a layer of blood at her immediate disposal. As Darren made it past the blob, Rin's face twisted into a wicked smile. Always the fool. The blood behind him had taken the shape of a concave as it had chased him, while the blood at her side had taken the same kind of shape, now covering her front so she wasn't easy to charge it. Now, the two cornersides stretched at rapid speeds - faster than Darren was, for sure, closing around him like a dome of blood. However, Rin was not imperfect, and while the walls were created, moving into place - the roof above him was not closed. There was a gap for him to escape through, if he acted immediately.
Rin, however, knew that would be the case. So the defensive blob of blood she had had from the beginning, was molded into a vicious bullet of blood, essentially functioning as a hollowpoint. Rin knew how durable Darren was. Rin knew that anything below maximum firepower wouldn't manage to put a proper dent in him. This here bullet however, was capable of tearing through iron plates. Daren might've been tough, but Rin would bet he wasn't as tough as iron. It would leave a serious dent.
Now she waited for Darren. This was a gamble, which could potentially cost Rin a lot of energy, health or grief if Darren found a free way out. However, Rin knew that Darren remembered. Being captured by her spears of blood, so that he could not move. Rin knew he remembered, and if he somehow didn't... she was going to remind him. The net had been cast; Now to capture a blonde.
TLDR: Rin allows Darren in after very minor shifts in position. The blood behind him has spread out in a concave, as has the newly generated blood from Rin. Slamming together like a mousetrap, the only exit not covered by blood, is above - but Rin is aiming an attack there, which she'll make sure he does not dodge.
The bracelet around Miku's arm has also begun contracting, as neither she nor Darren put any real pressure on Rin. It will snap entirely closed in roughly two turns, meaning Miku has to act fast if she wants it to end.
Quirk: Crimson Angel (C-rank)
Stamina (F-rank)
Medicine (D-rank)
Blood Acrobat (E-rank)
Blood Rush (D-rank)
Gentle Crimson Fists (E-rank)
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