WAOA Arena

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The talons hit Ada's stomach, leaving painful scars as the kick killed her momentum. She hit the ground, but recovered and stood. Small horns grew out of her head as she thrust her good hand forward, letting off a stream of rapid fire blasts to pin Kieran down.

 

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Kieran rolled to the side to dodge the blasts and jumped as he came back to his feet, once again shifting his arms to wings in order to leap higher. He reached a fire escape on the side of a building and crouched behind the steps to take cover and buy some time as he unzipped his jacket to reach into the compartments sewn on the inside.

 

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Ada flew up as well, continuing her beam blasts in a strafing run up the side of the building.

 

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Kieran was surprised to find the pocket empty. Suddenly, the announcer's voice boomed.

Firearms are not permitted in this battle

"I guess that's fair." He said, then threw another kunai at Ada instead. Now out of weapons, he made a run up the stairs, taking a few hits from the lasers as he tried to reach the roof.

 

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Ada stopped shooting to move to one side, dodging the kunai but losing some altitude. She compensated by flying up at great speed, trying to get to the roof before her opponent.

 

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Seeing Ada drop and prepare to fly upwards, Kieran lept off the railing straight at her, shifting both his wings and talons. He would attempt to tear at her wings with his beak and claw her legs at the same time.

 

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Kieran's dive bomb was successful, clipping Ada's wings. However, she grabbed him, making sure he couldn't fly away, and started turning in mid air to make sure he was on bottom when they landed.

 

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Kieran bit into Ada's right arm to try and break free, but it wasn't quick enough and he landed flat on his back, hard. All the air was knocked out of his lungs and he had broken his tailbone and several ribs, but he avoided any serious injury. He weakly tried to kick Ada away and get back to his feet.

 

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Ada back off as Kieran kicked at her, then blasted him with a sustained beam of energy, trying to make sure he didn't get up.

 

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After Dala made her escape, Erica glanced around the hallway. Not seeing a trace of Dala, she switched out her storm spell for her life seeker spell, and cast it. Looking around more, Erica soon spotted Dala back in the courtyard.

Deciding to make use of the reprieve, Erica switched out the life seeker spell for a healing spell; manifesting as a ball of gold light that made the sound of soft wind chimes. Casting the spell, Erica bathed herself in the golden light, quickly causing her burns to fade away.

 

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Shaking herself a bit, to get earth of her clothes, Dala stood around, watching the entrance of the monastery, thinking about how to proceed.

Finally, the fire under her feet seemed to burn brighter, and Dala was starting to levitate above the ground. This went for a few moments, then she closed her eyes, and wished.

Around Dala, a medium-sized tank materialized, glowing like it came out of a furnace. It had several cannons and anti-personnel weapons. The era it came from was not easy to determine, as in parts it seemed to be from a future long past familiarity.

Dala was seated inside it, not visible without magic anymore.

The tank started to move, mowing down everything in front of it, some pillars, and the entrance to the monastery.

[color=e50000]I would never ever do this if this wasn't a simulation.[/color]

 

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After healing herself, Erica switched her healing spell back out for the life seeker spell, wanting to check if Dala had moved. She didn't cast the spell, however, as she heard the engine of the newly arrived tank start up. Recognising the sound as an engine, she scowled. A construct? Is this what doing minimal harm means to you?!

When she heard the tank start to move, and smash from masonry, Erica scoffed, and began running further into the monastery, looking for a way to get to higher ground. On the way, she changed spells again, switching in a storm spell in one hand, and a fire spell in the other. Casting these as she ran, Erica left a trio of trap runes behind her; two fire-based, and one lightning-based.

 

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Not knowing where Erica was, Dala did what she mainly had planned to do with the tank: Raze the monastery to the ground so Erica would have nowhere to hide, and nowhere to leave traps.

The tank moved further, destroying every part of the building it went over. Dala also shot three times out of the anti-building-cannon, once ahead, once to the left, and once to the left, leaving huge holes in wall and roof of the monastery.

[color=e50000]You have your dirty tricks, I have mine.[/color]

 

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A tank shell blasting through the wall of the hallway Erica ran through, a short distance in front of herself, Erica skidded to a halt, letting out a startled scream. She blinked once on realising the projectile had missed her, taking a small breathed. This was her last moment of relief, however, as the ceiling collapsed onto her, shortly after.

Erica held on for some twenty minutes after this, until the life left her.

And the winner is Dala T?ileach! the announcer called out, after which the arena reverted back to normal.

 

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As the monastery lay in rubbles, and there was no reaction from Erica, Dala got out of the tank, looked around, finally sat herself down and closed her eyes.

[color=e50000]All this power, and I use it in such a cheap way.
Nothing good ever comes from violence, from interference.

As this was a simulation, nothing matters here. But my oath still stands: I will not use my power unless for self-defense.[/color]

 

[Silence]

A new girl entered the arena.

She looked confused. And ... dead. She only wore rudimentary clothes, was mostly covered in moldy mud otherwise. Her eyes were glowing red, her body showing signs of snake tatoos.
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She carried a dagger in her right and a spear in her left hand.
"What is this? Why was I not allowed to rest in peace? Why am I here?"

 

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Across from her entered another woman. She wore a set of worn biker like leathers, patched together and reinforced with crude metal plates. A similar metal helmet was atop her head, though it left her ears and face exposed. Said face would have been generally pretty were it not for the mass of burns, blemishes and scar tissue running all over it, the most prominent of which was a curved line across her cheeks that formed a permanent grin. She turned her head to look around, making it clear her right ear had been lopped off as well.

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As she turned, a long ramshackle rifle and a red stained baseball bat covered in barbed wire came into view, both slung across her back.

The area shifted in a flash. What had been blank space was now a dusty, sandy scrapyard. The sun blazed overhead, blocked slightly by the occasional pile of twisted metal. The scrap provided a maze to hide in and towers to climb, though for now both combatants stood in a square clearing amidst the wreckage.
"Anjali Khatri versus Felicity "Dollface" Grey!"
"OK, pit fight. Done this before." Dollface said, readying her bat. "Hey, Ghoul girl. Let's try and keep this fair, huh?"
"FIGHT!

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Anjali looked into the sun and around the scrapyard, then back to Dollface.
"Fair? While you call me ghoul?
I'm not a brainless zombie! ... but alright. I don't know what this is, but apparently I have to prove myself." she said.

She took a fighting stance with her spear and knife, then circled slightly around Dollface, walking to the right.

 

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"Sorry. Thought " Ghoul " was the accepted term." Doll said casually, turning to make sure she was still facing her opponent. "No hard feelings, right?" She asked happily, then charged forward with her bat in her right hand, swinging the wire covered maple at the left side of Anjali's head.

 

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Anjali was about to answer, but was interrupted by Doll trying to hit her head. She lifted her spear, took hold of the front hilt with her other hand while still holding the knife with her smaller fingers, and used that to block the swing.

While she managed to do so, she not do it perfectly, and nearly lost her balance from the impact.

Ducking slightly, she let go of the hilt with her right hand. She switched the position of the knife in her hand quickly, then tried to stab Doll with it.