Season 49, Week 2
Fayt Leingod
(Star Ocean: Till the End of Time ) 		 
The most unlikely of allies is about to turn into the most heated match of this round of the RPGDL Heavy Division! Fayt Leingod, the spacetraveling swordsman nerd with a silly name, will be facing off against his colleague from Elicoor, Nel Zelpher. She's a quick little bugger, and her knife-wielding ways belie her skill with Runology - certainly quite a potent threat. However, Fayt is incredibly sturdy, and while Nel will be going first, Fayt's moves like Ethereal Blast and Divine Blade will quickly put Nel in trouble. His Side Kick is also a devastating combo chainer that will put Nel into a further bind. Skilled as she is, you can never argue with that potent a combination of power and defense.

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 It's not always easy to separate emotion from work, but Nel's professionalism is top-notch. It'll be sad to face off against Fayt in the arena, but a mission is a mission. After all, it's not like things can't be sorted out later, and Fayt won't pull punches either. Now, considering both of them know each other's modus operandi rather well, unconventional strategies might be the order of the day for the Elicoor soldier. Entering the arena with her maid costume, possibly? Well, that certainly would cause Fayt enough embarassment for Nel to steal the match with a well-placed Mirror Slice - and her superior spellcasting and resources won't hurt in this fight, either.

Ayra
"Now Fayt, remember that you have agreed to cooperate with us." said Nel with a threatening tone.

"What?" asked a surprised Fayt. "That was ages ago!"

"There has never been any time frame mentionned. By having agreed to my terms when I saved you from prison, you are bound to cooperate with us until the end of time." continued Nel with an hand on her dagger.

"That's insane! That's coersion!" exclaimed an outraged Fayt.

"Shut up Fayt!" interupted an annoyed Cliff. "Whenever she asked you something, you always eventually do it. You just happen to whine and cry for days before you do it. 'What about the UP3???' or 'If I build that machine people will get hurt but if I don't people will get hurt! What should I dooo???'"

"But..." commented a flustered Fayt.

"Gah! Stop whining and throw the match already! I don't want to hear you being all emo again for another week! You'll do what she asks eventually so just save us the pain!"

"Fine!" said a dejected Fayt as he turned away, with Cliff clasping his shoulder and saying: "Atta boy!"


As the pair were leaving, Nel used a communication device that she had previously 'borrowed'. "Tynave, mission was a success. Cancel plan B."

She let out a long, disapointed "Awww" as she lowered the sniper rifle she had taken from Irvine.

"Farleen, cancel plan C." Farleen sighed as she looked down at the microphone she had borrowed from Yuna, before asking in her sweet nail-against-chalkboard voice: "Can I please still sing that song?"

"Negative!" answered Nel as she hastily turned off the communicator while Tynave instincly dove to the ground plugging her ears in fear.

Fayt Leingod: 19
Nel Zelpher: 40

Bardiche
It is not often in the RPGDL that we have two people from the same place-well, universe-fight eachother in a battle to the death.

Of course, by now, none of the spectators actually expected a real battle, so they sort of weren't surprised when the judges decided Fayt and Nel had to fight using not a single attack.

So they had a match. In metalurgy.

Fayt won.

Nel challenged him to writing.

Fayt won.

Nel challenged him to cooking.

Nel was promptly declared the winner. As much as jewelry and writing impressed the jury, nothing beats home cooking.

Especially not Fayt poisoning half the judges by accident.

Maxmagnus20019
Has the battle began, Nel charged at her opponent, noticing that he hung his blade in front of his head, meaning he would perform an overhead slice.

He meant to block it, but his superior movement speed caught up to her too fast, and she was thrown into the air for a quick 4-hit combo. As she got up, she prepared to counter-attack, only to be faced with the worse possible chain of moves.

Fayt: SIDE KICK! SIDE KICK! SIDE KICK! SIDE KICK! SIDE KICK! SIDE KICK!

Nel was being pulvarized by this ridiculous spamming of a single move. Even were she to try and counter, the Creator had made it so that the blue-haired hero was INVULNERABLE during this move, making it even more ridiculous. His combo ended though, and she got him.

Nel: Mirror Slice!

Fayt was damaged by this attack, but not nearly has much as she'd like. He was still at an advantage. She thought to knock him down and then heal herself while he got up.

Nel: Shadow wave!

Making the most of the opportunity, Nel increased the distance between them and started to cast Healing on herself.

And that was her final mistake.

Fayt: DIMENSION... DOOR!

Nel was hit from behind by her friend's surprise attack from behind. She'd forgotten about that one. But she knew. She knew what came next.

Fayt: SIDE KICK! SIDE KICK! SIDE KICK! SIDE KICK! SIDE KICK!

Fayt was victorious, and couldn't help but celebrate by saying his favorite victory quote: "That was fun!"

Moral of the story: SIDE KICK!