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After swiftly dodging the sleep-inducing equality rants from that weakling Miluda Folles, musical prodigy Shabon is ready for far more exciting adventures! And Jane Maxwell, the loudmouthed Filgaian Drifter, should pack plenty of adrenaline to pump up this week's fight! Jane, much like the Vinay Del Zexay performing girl, is a nimble and evasive little pest. However, Shabon has a Wind Rune, covering a big flaw of Jane's fighting skills: magic. The versatility of Wind Magic, coupled with Shabon's breakneck speed and far stronger physical damage than the Drifter's, should be more than enough to put the little girl on control and score yet another win for Nei's entourage. And even a top gunslinger like Jane will have issues nailing this little girl down with those shots. Shabon will make Nei and Toppo proud once more! |
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Two little girls in a catfight, one of them half the age of the other? It's like a scary pedophile's dream, not to mention something that will make people wonder about DL Child Labor Laws. Well, while Calamity Jane's more than a little surprised that she's the older one in this duel, her opponent's young age isn't going to stop her from coming in with guns a blazin'. Lots of bullets will fly in the ring as Jane's highly-accurate ARM mocks Shabon's evasion. Meanwhile, the gunslinger's own speed and evasion will let her dance around the circus performer's attacks with ease and elegance. Even Shabon's healing won't help her at all in this fight - a well-aimed critical from Jane's ARM will completely Blow her Away with its ID effect. Now, if only Piastol or whoever's in charge of DL decency could keep those perverts in check... |
Gatewalker Here at the RPGDL, the judges are always looking for ways to spice up the matches and make them more entertaining for the crowds and viewers at home, especially considering the large number of matches that turn into disqualifications or victories by default. So, when Maxim had the idea to turn a light match into a contest of Xtreme Dungeon Crawling, with cameras tracking their every step and broadcasting it live to the audience, everyone was pretty excited. The rules were as follows, Jane and Shabon each had one hour to claim a unique item from a dungeon and get back out. To keep things simple, there would be exactly two criteria for judging, 1-how quickly they made it back with their item, and 2-how many monsters they squashed on the way. Also, each girl would be allowed to take one partner with her, but this partner would not be allowed to fight, only to support the competitor. In a move that surprised no one, Shabon instantly grabbed Nei as her partner, which was a solid move despite it’s predictability. The power of Song of Madness might just give Shabon the edge she'd need to squash enough monsters to make up for the fact that Jane would doubtlessly have a faster time. Jane, however, surprised everyone by looking outside of her own cast for a partner. While many were expecting her to call on the supportive magics of Cecilia, she instead arrived for her match with a small teal-haired boy carrying a flute. A bit confused, Maxim raised an eyebrow at the gunslinger and eyed the boy suspiciously, "Uh, Jane? Who's this? Is he supposed to be your partner?" Grinning, Jane just nodded, "Yep. Don’t worry, he can’t fight. At all. But he's great at the support." As going outside your own cast wasn't against the rules, Maxim just shrugged and called a start to the match, sending the girls and their partners into separate enterances to the dungeon, and starting the one-hour clock. As the race started, Shabon's Song of Madness and SMASH strategy seemed to be paying off. As soon as monsters popped up, she splattered them into paste, and even the stronger ones only took a few hits to bring low. The scoreboard outside showed the young performer simply racking up the points….almost as quickly as her opponent was. Those watching Jane were quite shocked at how quickly she was racing through the dungeon while dispatching every enemy in her path in record time. As she ran along, guns blazing, the boy behind her was just prancing along, playing his flute, fiddling with a ring, and sometimes singing a few verses about how some guy named Thor was getting irate. Somehow, this was making the enemies drop like flies, as if they were simply getting blown away by Jane's bullets. And if any enemy was too stubborn to die to a single shot, Nils played a different song for a moment and Jane bolted past them with an extra burst of speed. Not ten minutes later, Jane and Nils reached the target room, grabbed the trophy that was there, and got back out before the half hour mark hit. With such a huge lead in time points, Shabon would have to kill so many monsters that she'd be in there past the hour limit to win, and Maxim just called a halt to the match. Looking down at Nils with disbelief, there was one question on his mind that he just had to ask, "Alright, just who are you? And why haven't I seen you around before?" Beaming up at the hero, Nils proudly announced, "I'm just Nils. And I'm a bard!." Also smiling, Jane ruffled Nils’s hair, "You know those Fire Emblem bards everyone keeps mocking because they can’t attack?" Maxim nodded, "Yeah." "He's one of them." Maxim blinked, "Riiiight. Yeah, after seeing that you can put me down for not mocking bards anytime soon, thanks. Nice run there, kids." Handing Jane her victory, Maxim walked out with a new appreciation of exactly how good a bard could be in the right situation. Shabon: 24 |
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