WAOA Arena

[ShindoL Shill]

Annika sat up, but didn't respond immediately. After a short pause, both she and the teddy bear nodded. [color=c41e3a]"Näet henkiä?" (You can see spirits?)[/color] If Idun showed no sign of understanding, the bear's spirit would translate into Norwegian.

 

[Chungus]

Now hearing Annika speak a sentence, Idun let out a "Uhhh..." as she made an educated guess as to what the language was, but not understanding it. When the bear translated it, however, she nodded a single time, while in that instance, half wondering how many language the bear knew.

"Ja," she answered, still looking between the two spirits more then she looked down to Annika herself. "Så, fikk du binde dem?" (So, did you bind them?) she asked next.

Between her eyes not being focused on one point for very long, and Idun repeatedly tensing and relaxing her fingers at various speeds, she looked on edge.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=915c83]"Hun gjorde." (She did.)[/color] the bear replied. Annika's eyes focused on Idun's face, then her hands, noticing the stressed movements.

 

[Chungus]

Looking to Idun's face, Annika would find Idun had a oblong facial structure, and rings around the eyes. Said rings notwithstanding, she had the soft facial features expected from someone in their early teens, contrasting her build. Expression wise, Idun's brow was furrowed in a small frown, and when not speaking, she had her mouth open by a small margin, the corners of the mouth angled downwards.

"... Hvorfor?" (Why?) She asked a short time after the bear answered her last question. Her tone of voice was more level then her expression and body language would suggest she was, although some anxiety was present in it.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=915c83]"Det er den eneste måten mennesker få magi." (It's the only way humans get magic.)[/color] the bear explained. Annika, picking up on Idun's anxiety, offered her the teddy bear.

 

[Chungus]

Being offered the bear, Idun took hold of it with her left hand, looking to Annika for a time after taking it, then down to the bear, and finally up to the spirit bound to it. ""

Setting the bear down at the foot end of Annika's bed, Idun looked back to, she pointed at Idun, her expression turning from anxious to more stern, for the most part. ""

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Annika simply shook her head, once the bear had translated. The bear walked back over to Annika, and climbed into her arms. Annika noted the change in Idun's expression, though she didn't react. Annika's own expression was just as calm as before.

 

[Chungus]

At Annika's response, Idun exhaled somewhat heavily through her nose, expecting the response given. "" she then said, cocking her head towards the entrance to the arena proper, thinking that being in a forced tournament, if she challenged Annika, she would have no choice but to join her in the arena.

Leaving the dorm, Idun moved to her locker, opening it, and retrieving her suitcase.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Annika sighed and followed Idun out into the arena, not stopping by her locker on the way. Upon entering the arena, Annika clasped her hands and began focusing. The faint glow returned to her hands and feet, and Idun may observe that this glow was coming from the ring-spirit.

 

[Chungus]

Pulling the suitcase out of the lock, Idun parts of her armour from it. Not wanting to spend the time it would take putting on the entire suit, she only took the pieces for the upper and lower arms, elbows, upper legs, knees, and the helmet, all articles looking more like modern combat armour of the like an officer from a riot response unit would wear, safe for decorations in the form of nordic patterns.

After the three minutes it took Idun to put the armour on, Idun took the axe and shield from the suitcase, then put the suitcase back in the locker, closing it. With that done, she went to meet Annika in the arena.

When the metal doors closed behind her, Idun assumed a battle-ready position; bending through her knees slightly, and raising the should so it covered her torso, and raising the hand in which she held her axe so the hand was level to her head.

She noted the ring spirit lending its power to Annika, her gaze shifting between it, Annika herself, and the fire spirit.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Once the doors had shut, the arena took on the form of a mountain plateau. Idun and Annika were both quite close to the cliff edge, though not to the extent that they were in serious danger of falling right away. The cliff was on Idun's left, with a trees on her right. Though sparse near the combatants, the trees got denser further in.

Spoiler: Battle field

"Two contestants have appeared, ready, fight!"

Spoiler: Fight music

 

[Chungus]

As the arena changed to take on a cliff side, Idun took a deep breath, inhaling the mountain air while lightly swaying her axe around.

When the start of the battle was announced, Idun extended her axe hand towards the ring spirit. A white, two tiered magic circle appeared in front of of Idun's hand, with text in-between the two circles reading "Decree. Bind. Spectre." from left to right, in old Nordic runes. Almost immediately after this happened, the same ring appeared around the ring spirit, horizontally, preventing it from doing anything until the binding circle faded.[footnote]Which will be after1 turn.[/footnote]

With the ring spirit bound, Idun charged at Annika with a battle cry, shield still raised, and axe now moved to be overhead.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

The glow around Annika's hands and feet faded, confusing her for a second. The charging warrior was a more immediate concern, however, and Annika thrust her hands towards Idun's feet. A blast of fire shot out, igniting the grass and heating the ground between the two combatants.

 

[Slenn]

Editing.

 

[Chungus]

Seeing the grass ignite in-between Annika and herself, Idun extended her arm in which she held the axe again, this time forming a rainbow pathway underneath her feet. The path extended on, curving up over the the fire and coming to an end near Annika. Idun was carried over the path without her moving her legs, guiding her over the fire safely.

Rather then let herself be carried to Annika all the way, when over the fire, Idun pulled her arm back and hid it behind her shield, this dissipating the rainbow path, Idun touching down on the ground. Closing in on Annika on foot, Idun slightly lowered herself, and quickly after, thrust the blunt top of the axe towards Annika's sternum with a fair amount of force, aiming to drive the wind out of her.

By now, the binding circle keeping the ring spirit in place faded away.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

When the binding circle faded, Annika's hands and feet began glowing again. She readied herself for Idun's attack, but was expecting a slicing attack, due to Idun using an axe. Annika stumbled back, and grabbed Idun's forearm to help steady herself. Once Annika had her balance, and a strong grip on Idun, she attempted to throw Idun by her arm at the trees.
The glow around Annika's hands and feet would intensify, then fade to near nothing once she let go, if the attack was successful. The brighter glow would correspond to Annika becoming physically stronger and more capable of hurling a human adult.

 

[Chungus]

Not being able to pull back in time due to her coming out of a charge, Annika would be able to grab hold of Idun. Although at 82kg, Idun weighed more then she looked, with her capable of hurling average adults, Annika would still be able to toss Idun. Idun let out a surprised scream as she flew towards the trees, but rather then crash against it, she had light solidify into a pole, and hooked the head of her axe behind it. Hitting the ground in a crouched position, the light pole dissipated.

Idun then rose up and extended her arm towards the fire spirit as she did. Another two-tiered magic circle appearing in front of it, the text in between the two circles here reading "Languid. Turn. Spectre." from left to right, in old Nordic runes. As before, the same circle formed around the fire spirit, reducing its reaction time and movement speed by 1/3. (This will last 5 turns.)

With this, Idun moved towards Annika again, now at more of a hurried walk.

 

[Slenn]

An electric sparking sound was made in the locker room, then followed by four bubble popping noises. The four familiar faces of the Mason sisters appeared. Gwen pulled out Graviton to check on various things. EMily looked eager to find out if something worked or not.

"So I assume that the transfer worked correctly?" She said, looking at the data screen that was on Gwen's hologram.
<color=purple>"It looks that way. Although, from looking at the space time data, I'm still not sure where we are."

EMily peeked around from where she stood, squinting her eyes as if something was on the tip of her tongue.
"Wait a minute... something feels awfully familiar about this place."
<color=purple>"I'm starting to agree with you."

<color=green>"What do you mean?"

<color=purple>"Follow us. I might have a hunch as to where we are after all." The girls proceeded to scout out the locker room.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Annika raised her hands again, and began shooting flames at Idun, like a flamethrower. As she did this, Annika advanced, hoping to force Idun back. At the same time, the power from the ring spirit stopped flowing, removing the glow on Annika's feet and hands. Because of this, Annika's chest began throbbing, the pain centred around the point Idun had struck with her axe. Annika grimaced, but kept up her attack.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Beth saw the maids entering the locker room, and raised an eyebrow as she tried to process this.