Pamela>Elly
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"That was brilliant!"
"Hahaha! Of course it was!"
Flay's proud figure was unmistakable. The leader of the workshop had once again proven his superior intellect... or at least that his crazy plans did sometimes work.
What was the plan, you ask?
Well, it came out that Elly suffered some guilt over things she had done in her past. Apparently it still hounded her a little in her nightmares, and she just couldn't shake it off herself.
So Flay proposed that Pamela gave the evil sinner her just desserts. Pamela, quick to catch on, agreed, and with some effort from Vayne and Roxis, they made Pamela an outfit very similar to Elly's.
Pamela dyed her hair, and then went on to haunt Elly the night before the match.
Suffice to say, the day of the actual match Elhaym van Houten could not attend. Her psychologists deemed her unable to--the cause was allegedly the 'spirit of her past self' coming to 'chastise her' over her 'past mistakes'.
The judges all agreed to let Pamela pass to the next round, as not a shred of evidence could be found that Flay couldn't refute. Given the jury was compromised of Souji, Sephiroth and Ryu4, perhaps this is not so surprising. After all, not one of them is known for their particular verbal insistance and zeal in discovering a ghastly truth.
One Fei Fong Wong has gone on appeal.
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Sasarai>Lyon
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Sasarai held the powers of a True Rune, and could pretty much manipulate the earth every way he ruddy well liked it. Meanwhile, Lyon had the power over Twilight. It... wasn't so vaunted, and paled a little. Lyon, admittedly, was unsure whether it'd be able to withstand the True Earth Rune.
Sasarai, recognising her plight, opted for his skills of persuasion and offered a compromise.
No one is really sure why Lyon decided to forfeit the match before they'd even began.
Sasarai has delegated all questions into the matter to Dios. Dios is surprisingly quiet about the matter, although he let slip that his leader may or may not have offered using his True Earth Rune in a way that is beneficial to either Lyon or the Queendom of Falena.
On the other hand, there's this rumour going about how Edge Eblan's pretty much been cast into a very deep, very crushing ravine that just so happened to appear overnight.
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Garcia>Irenes
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There's something about ruggedly manly men who wield axes and don't afraid of anything that is appealing. It's impossible to point out just what about them is appealing. They just are.
Irenes acknowledges this. When she further learned that Garcia apparently had no wife, she added one and one together.
Garcia, who was just about as well with smashing axe in face, decided to just go along with Irenes' proposition, as honestly, the entire CAN'T ARGUE WITH AN AXE TO THE FACE routine was honestly becoming a bit cliché.
And so, Garcia went on a date with Irenes. And, as long as he'd promised to at least call her again and give it a try, she was content with forfeiting the match.
Not like she felt there was much future in being a mere Chrono Cross scrub. Really. You can't fault her. She got a ruggedly manly man with an axe out of the deal.
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Gilbert>Jecht
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In true Godlike tradition, the match was not fought out with actual battle. Instead, a game was proposed. Pulled out of a somehow very spiteful Hat, the sport was decided to be Blitzball.
Everyone had already resigned themselves to a Jecht victory, as Blitzball was what he did best.
Yeah, no one really saw it coming when Gilbert turned out to be super talented at it and beat Jecht at his own game.
In fact, the crowd was left stunned. The DL healers are still working on those who haven't exited their state of catatonic shock.
