WAOA Arena

[Drakmorg]

The man nodded and walked into the preparation room, leaving Barbas to stew in his own anger for a while. Once there, he grabbed a halberd and a dagger from the locker, strapping the dagger to his belt while simply carrying the halberd for the time being.

Spoiler: Not sure if anyone else would see him or not, but here's a picture anyway

 

[Kirke]

Short looked up and saw the man.
"Hey, you got wrapped up in this too?"

Spoiler: Here's a picture

 

[Drakmorg]

"For the moment, yes." The man replied to Short. He swung his halberd around in a more open area of the room a few times to get a feel for how it moved and weighed. "Are you to be my opponent for this time?"

 

[Kirke]

Short slapped in a clip into her pulse rifle, then stood up.
"Sure seems like it. Name's corporal Short, pleasure to meet you."

"Please enter the arena"

She glanced up at one of the cameras in the room.
"Yeah, yeah. I know."

 

[VeneratedWulfen93]

Tahril removed his gauntlet and looked at his hand. The dark veins were beginning to show beneath his degrading skin. He would have to feed again shorty. He wondered if any fights were currently ongoing.

 

[Drakmorg]

"Balxephon Rahms, 2nd highest Knight Commander of the Dark Knights Loslorien." The man now identifiable as Balxephon replied to Short. Hearing the prompt, he walked into the arena. It is unfortunate for that woman that Barbas failed in his battle if she is the only other participant. Someone must be made a painful example of to show those who watch why the Dark Knights are to be feared.

 

[VeneratedWulfen93]

Leaving his helmet off once more Tahril headed to the gallery

 

[Kirke]

Short entered the arena, which turned out to be some old castle ruins. She headed to one side of the arena and readied her rifle.

Spoiler: Kinda like this

"This match; Corporal Holly Short against Knight Commander Balxephon Rahms. Ready, fight!"

 

[Drakmorg]

An odd weapon she has. Appears almost to be a fusil of some sort. Best to take caution, even a fool is dangerous with one of those. Balxephon took cover upon entering the arena. He glanced around for a source of water, and upon locating the water being held off by the dam, began to feel lucky. He started moving his way towards Short's position, only making himself visible for long enough to quickly dart between pieces of cover when he had to.

 

[Kirke]

Short tracked Belxephon as he ran and when he got into cover the second time she launched a grenade at him. Then she knelt down and followed up with a burst of bullets, not really seeing him through the cloud of dust.
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The other three marines sat up on the gallery, watching the fight.
"She goes straight for the grenade? Damn, she really wants to win..."
"She's always like that, though."

 

[VeneratedWulfen93]

Tahril folded his arms. More Mon-Keigh. He sneered. No sport here.

 

[Drakmorg]

Balxephon dove away from Short's grenade, understanding that projectiles were a thing to avoid. In doing so, he avoided most of the shrapnel, either outright or by it deflecting off his armor, but a few shards managed to pierce through areas where they hit head on, giving him a few wounds on the back of his legs. In diving, he also managed to avoided Short's pulse rifle fire, which he was very glad for as he heard it exploding as it hit the scenery behind him. He grunted as he got back to his feet behind a wall. "Swaying rise ye watery fist, with fury flow, crush bone and flesh!" He chanted as he swung his halberd at the air in front of him. Seemingly in response to his chant, a jet of water rose up out of the lake next to the ruins, then surged towards Short's general position like an angry snake.

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Barbas was the only other Dark Knight awake. He alone watched the fight, feeling nothing but quiet indignation.

 

[Kirke]

"You've gotta be shitting me!"
Short shouted as she saw the water jet before she rolled behind cover, hoping that the old rock would against the water.
OoC: @Drak: It's a launched grenade, that explodes on impact. Also forgot to mention that the pulse rifle has explosive rounds, so that wound is likely pretty messy. Sorry for forgetting.

 

[Drakmorg]

Balxephon was grateful enough that his spell had forced his opponent into cover, giving him an opportunity to truly take the offensive. While she was in cover, Balxephon charged her position, occasionally grunting at the pain in his legs, but managing to ignore it enough to function for now, ending the torrent of water in time to leap over her cover and get in close to her. He thrust the spike of his halberd towards Short, aiming to stab her in the arm she used to fire her rifle with.

 

[VeneratedWulfen93]

Tahril watched, his features a mask while he plotted. He was no fool and realised he was trapped here. In the short term it was no worry but eventually his rivals in Commorragh would start to undermine his absent position. His dark eyes darted around and his ears and nose twitched. Centuries in the Dark City had made him extremely paranoid and he constantly expected danger, even when not fighting.

 

[Kirke]

Short glanced up when the stream of water stopped, and thereby saw Balxephon leap towards her. She rolled to the side, coming up in a kneeling position. However, she had been forced to drop her rifle to roll away. Deciding that she didn't have a better shot than this, she grabbed her knife and moved in to stab, shouting out a expletive.
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The Meta sat in the locker room, sharpening the blade on his brute-shot while observing the battle through a TV.

OoC: @Drakmorg: The explosive round aren't really that powerful, but they blast out pretty big holes in aliens in the movie. No need to edit anything, just saying for future reference.

 

[Drakmorg]

Balxephon was irritated to find that his stab has struck stone instead of flesh. Seeing Short quickly roll off to the side and come back charging at him, he had no time to use his halberd, and was quite thankful that he had brought along a dagger. Quickly drawing his secondary weapon from his belt, he blocked the Corporals stab with his own knife, then retaliated by kicking at her gut with his sabatons.

 

[VeneratedWulfen93]

Tahril was waiting for blood to be spilled and as the violence intensified his smile creeped onto his face once more.

 

[Kirke]

Short was pushed down on her back by the kick, though it had done no serious damage since she had a chest plate on. She pulled out her pistol and fired a few shots while crawling backwards, away from Balxephon.
OoC: Can't find a source for it right now, but I'm pretty sure the pistol has regular bullets, not exploding.

 

[Drakmorg]

Seeing Short land on her back, Balxephon took his chance. Having quickly readied his halberd after knocking her back, he pounced on her like a predatory animal, aiming to stab her through the chest with the spike of his weapon. His zealous attack had resulted in him not being able to avoid her shots. While none had struck him in any immediately fatal areas, he was beginning to fade fast.