Meeplelard
"Well, wish me luck, guys. I've tried my best this far, all I can do is keep doing that" Virginia said, with a smirk to her comrades.
"Yes, we'll be cheering for you of course." Said Clive, and the 3 male drifters went to take their seats, while Virginia went to enter the arena
On the other side of the DL...
"Lets see...armor? Check. Meow Staff? Check." Katt said, making sure everything was in order
"Your three best buddies ready to rig the match for you?" said a voice
"Oh, right, forgot about...wait, what was that?" Katt turned around to see Bow, Jean, and Sten standing in the doorway, "What are you three doing here?"
"Oh, Katt, mademoiselle, it is nice to see you doing well, don't lose this fight, si vou plait"
"...let me guess, you guys want me to teach that drifter who keeps managing to get in our way a lesson? Come on, guys, you actually think I'm going to hold back, let alone lose this fight?"
"Oh, no, we're here to tell you that you have no chance of losing" Bow said, winking "You're going to win this match, and further bolster our teams reputation here, and we'll make sure of it!"
"Yeah, well, whatever, I can understand why Bow and Jean aren't much fans of her...but what are YOU doing here Sten?"
"Oh, I just thought I'd help out..."
"Help with what?"
"Oh, you know, stuff. Anything for my favorite female..." Sten was about to finish before Katt smacked him across the room
"Pervert! Get out of here! You two as well! I don't want you guys screwing this fight up!"
A few hours later, right before the match was going to begin...
Jet, while coming back from getting a soda, noticed an oddly suspicious conversation.
"Alright, that spot looks perfect. We should be able to succeed at this point!" said one voice
"Yes, and perhaps after we do this, Katt will finally give us the respect I...er...we deserve!" said another
"Oui, but perhaps this is wrong, there must be a better way to help moi dear friend"
"There isn't, now pipe down. I paid big money to make sure this spot was clear, and I'll be damned if its wasted. Look, lets head to the spot right now"
"Why do you need us?"
"Crowd control..."
"So three people from different races running across to the roof is less suspicious than just you?"
"Of course it is. And besides, we can't lose! Stealing is my specialty, even when it comes to trivial things like matches!"
(Stealing? What? Damn it, I can't believe I'm doing this, but I won't let her lose to some freaks like that?) Jet thought to himself, he decided to run to tell Clive and Gallows.
Back at the arena, Momo and Florina just finished their fight, and it was time for the last match of the week. However, when Virginia looked to her allies for some support, they were apparently huddling about something. She shook her head and just shrugged it off. Little did she know what was really going on.
"I see, so it seems Leader's opponent has some cheaters, eh?"
"Yes, I'm not saying I like actually helping her, but damn it, I can't stand to see someone cheat their way to victory" said Jet
"Hmm...I guess its up to use to stop them. However, Gallows, you stay here just in case, Jet and I will take care of this ourselves."
"Wait, why do you two get to have fun and I have to stay here?"
"If one of us stays, it'll look as though we are heading out for a standard restroom break or the like. We don't to start getting the wrong idea of what we are doing. I have an idea of how to get to the location unseen, and only Jet knows the exact location"
"That, and you're big, fat, stupid, and probably drunk"
"Hey! That wasn't nice! I've only had one glass...so far..."
"Whatever, lets get going"
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"Alright, the two are in site. Virginia's on the left, Katt's on the right, nothing in the way, you should have a clear shot, Bow" said Sten, putting down his binoculars.
"Yeah, this plan is fool proof. Good thing Jean had those sources"
"What Sources?"
"Doesn't matter, anyway, we need to make sure this shot looks like something Katt did, so I'll be relying on you two to tell me when the time's right, as I'll be busy aiming"
"Hmm...again, si vou plait, there must be another way"
"Quiet! We're going to show that drifter not to mess with us Rangers!"
"Technically, you're the only ranger" said a voice that wasn't of Sten or Jean's
"Whatever, but..." Bow turned around and saw Jet and Clive standing behind him and his cohorts.
"Yikes! How'd you guys get up here" shouted Sten
"Doesn't matter, we're here to stop you from doing this deed"
"Bah! I can't mess this up, after all the planning involved!" shouted Bow
"Planning? You guys are just going to shoot one of the fighters from the roof, and make it look like one of the actual fighters did it! It’s the oldest trick in the book, and to think you guys had to plan that? I guess I shouldn't expect much from a mut, a frog, and a stupid monkey…"
"Stupid Monkey you say? You won't get away with this! YAAAH!" Sten said, grabbing his dagger, and jumping at Jet like a mad man, attempting to tackle hit down, only for Jet to side step, and pull out his Air-get-lahm.
"The monkey's mine! Damn it, I'm not in a good mood, kicking his ass will sure make me feel better"
"Bring it on, shortee!" Jet and Sten engaged in battle
"Alright, if you know what's best for you, you'd move asside, Jean was it? I know that the Ranger there is the leader of this act, unlike my ally, I prefer to avoid bloodshed when possible," Clive remarked.
Meanwhile, back on the ground...the bell rang, and Virginia and Katt started their fight. Neither seemed to be getting an edge on each other
"Well, looks like Jet and Clive have succeeded so far" The crowd's cheering was fortunately drowning out the loud shots of Jet and Clive's ARMs being fired at the misfit trio, so no one really noticed the antics from above.
However, in the mist of the confusion, "Damn it! Now's my chance!" Bow said, and without hesitation, fired off a shot from his crossbow.
Gallows, however, had a revelation, and somehow on gut instinct "Leader! Behind you! Watch out!"
Virginia, who had just blocked Katt's attack with her ARMs, barely heard the attack, turned out around, and attempted to dodge the hit, but still got pierce nicely in the arm.
The crowd was stunned at what just happened, as were the two duellers. Back on the roof top...
"It seems Gallows failed to warn Virginia fast enough. At least she'll win the match now."
"How do you expect her to win the match wounded, Clive?"
"While its true she is wounded, the attack was clearly an act of Interference, so she wins by default."
Sten, having not noticed what happened and getting up just being knocked down from a swift kick to the head by Jet "Bwahahah! Whose the monkey now, shortee! You can't beat me!"
"Just...shut...UP!" Jet screamed, as he hit Sten with a Finest Arts knocking him all the way to the ring, where Virginia was still standing, both daised and annoyed at her current injury. In this state of confusion, Virginia immidiatly pinpointed her wound on Sten, and seeing as Clive wasn't around to consult what to do, she took this into her own hands
"You...you tried to make me lose, didn't you? I'll make you receive the justice of the Waste lands!"
Sten getting up from Jet's attack "Damn it, if he thinks a little move like that's going to keep me down...well at least things can't get much worse" he said as he turned around, looking at what seemed to be an on fire Virginia "... on the otherhand, I think things just got a whole lot worse"
"PHANTSMIC HEART!" Virginia said, as she held the Hope Shard Medium in her hand (grabbing it from her pocket indicating it clearly was not invoked during the match), and in a manner of seconds, where Sten was standing was a big crater, with a pile of dismembered body parts that apparently use to belong to a monkey.
After that, Virginia, having relieved her anger, calmed down, and just shrugged and went to receive her prize.
Meanwhile, back on the roof...
"No, how could this plan fail! Damn it, Jean, I told you tell me when the proper time to shoot was!" Bow yelled, as he looked back.
However, Jean had warped away from the scene the instant Clive had made the "threat", as, in rare occassion, Jean had the brains to realize what was the right and smart thing to do, and left the
"Don't think you're getting off this easy, you mutt. We are definatly going to deal take care of you too!"
"Calm down, Jet, while his comrade did get a far worse punishment, the best thing to do would to just report his actions to the authorities, and let them deal with him"
"What the...damn it, I guess I deserved that. This is going to be one big fine, I'm gonna need to start doing a lot steal...er...work to pay this off"
While Jet and CLive were leaving...
"Do you think that's enough?" Jet said to Clive
"While no, I do not think he is getting a just punishment from that alone, I realized his female companion whom he accidently lost match for will not take things too lightly."
"...and just when I think you're a bit too light hearted. You're full of a suprises, Clive."
Virginia Maxwell: 29
Katt: 19
Jo ou Ranbu
Virginia getting a championship... that's kinda wrong. But I kinda want to see the hell that is going to happen if she does. *Runs up to a hill and plays the fiddle*
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