How wonderful to see you all again, my friends! I'm happy to see you all have returned for our second week! As per usual, the Results are now up! **Importantion information for newcomers! Please click This Link to go to a post made by our moderators that should hopefully answer several of your questions! If you have any more, simply feel free to go to the forums and ask!** We have several more surprises in store for you this week! **Crono hasn't had a shot in the Arena for quite some time! He's certainly not going to let this one go to waste! Rei, also, has something to prove. He isn't just "A friend of Ryu!" These two headstrong men are going to have a fantastic duel! Crono's swordsmanship versus Rei's daggers and his transformation! The Mystic Timelord has had to sit by for quite some TIME, biding his TIME until--...seriously, who writes this stuff! Anyway! He's been waiting for a chance to get back into the arena! Mewtwo has also been waiting and most certainly has no intention of being destroyed by a single man... mystic... whatever Timelord is! Can Mewtwo manage to survive the Overdrive? We shall have to see! Colm and Marisa once fought together, but now they must face each other on the battlefield. Colm has the evasion and speed, whereas Marisa has the strength and skill. Both of them seem pretty evenly matched, but which one will be able to land the first blow? Will they even be able to hit one another? Here's hoping for a great fight! Lani's first match to prove herself is against Kongol. Will he be able to withstand her fearsome Watery assault, or will Lani simply crumble before his might? This may not be a match of the ages, but it's still something to watch! The Arena waits for you. Will you have the courage to enter!? People are always welcome at The Forums so please head on over! Newcomes are invited to join and take part whenever they'd like. For those of you interested, The Season 26, Week 2 Topic now awaits you. Please feel free to view it at your leisure and take part. **Everyone, listen! Have you ever wanted to take part in our Bonus Matches? Have you ever had a great idea you thought would make an awesome match? Well here's your chance! Just go to the Bonus Match Ideas Post and read all about it! With Ultros' recent victory, I wonder what's changed behind the scenes of Behind the Scenes? Well, let's go find out! As always, it's been my pleasure to serve you this day. I hope to see you again. Thank Deus we've got our regular staff back. And I can't believe I said that and meant it. They got vodka in the cameras! How drunk do you have to be to get vodka in the cameras? Not drunk enough, if you're smart enough to open the shutters and too dumb to avoid wasting perfectly good booze. So, Morte... how was your date? I'd rather not talk about it. Turns out she was a generic NPC, and two hours of "The Fire Cave is to the east!" is all I could stand. Really? So you actually wouldn't date someone if they didn't have a brain in their head? Of course not. However, there are other things than dating... That's enough of that. We're a family show. Yes, Behind the Scenes, fun for the whole psychotic family. I'm co-host and hired muscle Gilgamesh, along with the big boss Nate, Ultros on the cameras, and Morte... doing whatever it is he actually does here. Insulting for fun and profit, mostly. In any case, here's the star of our show, Miss Chisato Madison! Hello. Let's get started and start the show. Our first guest is that ever-maligned conifer of chaos, the pine of pain, X-Death. Hah! Respect at last! You would think so, but no. So, how the devil are you? I've been doing rather well. Enkidou's training has been going well. Enkidou! He's my minion! Well, since my minion decided to take a cushy television job, I've had to find someone to take his place. Now, now, guilt trips will get you nowhere. Fine. I will simply use my frustration as further power to defeat that impudent princess. She's pretty tough, you know. So am I. Yeah. Sure. Whatever. Why you... *sigh* Don't make me get out the flamethrower again. Our next guest is back from a long hiatus, and is the so-called second Reigning Godlike champion this season. Hello, Piastol. Hmmph. You know, if you let your hair down and smirked a little more, you'd have a great Sephiroth impression. HOW DARE YOU EQUATE ME WITH THAT HACK SWORDSMAN! I'M TEN TIMES THE DUELLER THAT FOOL IS! IT'S ABOMINABLE THE WAY I WAS CAST ASIDE! I'm sensing anger issues from her. Wow, Morte. It's no wonder the ladies are all over you. Sarcasm's unbecoming for you, berk. Since it's fairly obvious how you view your long stretch out of the arena, let's look forward. The Angel of Death against the Angel of Celestia. Fair matchup? Of course not. I will tear him limb from limb, as I will any other angelic pretenders to my glory. This I vow. She really hates SOLDIER-boy, doesn't she? Come on, boss, you know why. Sephy won when she had her forced exit, and now she's coming back with him as the "true" champ. He shall die. OK... moving on, then. From the Angel of Death to the Silent Death. Hello, Crono. *waves* So, how are you doing? *shrug* So, how do you feel about your girlfriend losing? :-( Son of a submariner? What was that? ??? Don't give me that, Carrot. I just heard your sad face as if you said it! *shrug* Are you sure you're all right, Ultros? Yeah, you didn't happen to have your mouth open when you were emptying the cameras, were you? I... but... :-p Aagh! Never mind! (Thanks, Crono. The check's in the mail.) *nod* Our next guests are a package group - the two Budehuc brawlers. Hello, Emily, and wake up, Juan. Hi! Zzzz... Wake up, lazybones! *THWACK* Don't hit him! ...Graah! Cut it out! *SMACK* Ow! What? I'm up, I'm up. Ah, so the learner has become the master. You better believe it. Emily, why do you stick around with him? You're stronger, and a better dueller to boot. He has some interesting theories on effortless effort. Besides, if I didn't watch over him, who would? Just because I sleep doesn't make me a defenseless baby, you know. No, it's the fact that you sleep in the middle of battle that makes you defenseless. Zzzz... Or the middle of conversations. Just get him out of here, and good luck to the both of you. Thank you. You know, I've been thinking. A dangerous situation, but go on. We haven't used the catapult in a while, have we? Not really. Maybe we should test it out. Sounds like a plan. Hey, Chisato, guess what? I finally got back in! Maybe my luck's finally... Test fire one. ...changedddddd... Looks like it works. Did you hear something? Nope. Our final guest was supposed to be Lieza, but apparently she was a bit offended by our comments last week about Arc the Lad being full of generics. Well, all I have to say is this: If I had known it was that easy to keep you guys off the show, I would have insulted you months ago. It makes it hard to keep the show going if you insult all the potential guests, you know. Um, boss? You do actually watch the show, right? Insulting the guests is at least half of what the chief and the rest of us do. It's why you pay us, remember? And on that pleasant note, let's shut down for another week. From all of us at BtS, good night and good luck in the arena. ;-) Stop doing that!