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Ghaleon vs Rika
SageAcrin "What do you mean, she's throwing the match?" Royce asked, puzzled, as she watched Rika fiddle with various odd objects in the arena. "She's throwing the match." Xenobia said, with a shrug. "We haven't seen any sign of Ghaleon in the past week, since...you know." "Yes." "At any rate, Rika said something about not wanting to have the match put off for a few months." "...Since when do matches get put off for months because one person won't show up?" Royce asked, puzzled. Xenobia shrugged. "Since the judges said so. One of them is Rashidi." "Oooooh." "So, she said she wanted to come in and do...some exhibition demonstration or something." "Oh. Why?" "It's Rika. She does things on impulse." --- Rika, her setup complete, smiled broadly. Then she put both of her hands around the microphone and, in her soprano voice, began, along with several dozen other women, to sing... (oo) What I want (oo) Baby, you got (oo) What I need (oo) Do you know you got it? (oo) All I'm askin' (oo) Is for a little Speck for this fight (just a little one) Hey baby (just a little one) just for this fight now (just a little one) mister judge (just a little one) "...what...the hell is this." Rashidi said from the judges box. "I have to sit through her singing about wanting magic immunity? In soprano? To the tune of "Respect"!?" "Well, you did just approve it without asking what she wanted." Orlandu said, with a shrug. "I didn't think it would be incredibly retarded. In retrospect, I have no idea why." Rashidi shook his head. I ain't gonna do that magic parasol wrong while you're gone Ain't gonna do it wrong (oo) 'cause I don't wanna (oo) All I'm askin' (oo) Is for a little Speck for this fight (just a little one) Baby (just a little one) just for this fight now (just a little one) Yeah (just a little one) "Is...is it legal for the judge to kill the participant in a exhibition match?" Rashidi asked, curiously. "No." Rolf said, with a shrug. I'm about to give you all of my Meseta And all I'm askin' in return, judgey Is to give me a Silent Lake Just for this fight (just for, just for, just for, just for) Yeah baby (just for, just for, just for, just for) Just for this fight (just a three-turn one) Yeah (just a three-turn one) "...for the love of all that exists, does it actually matter that it's illegal?" Rashidi said, incredibly angered. "Yes. In the finals, you have to not have half of Godlike agreeing with the basic sentiments of the person you're breaking rules against, to not start a riot when you break the rules. Even if that song...was...not meant to be sung like that." TimeLord shuddered violently. Ooo, your Fate Storms (oo) Sweeter than honey (oo) And guess what? (oo) So is my Runicey (oo) All I want you to do (oo) for me Is let me borrow it for this match (spe, spe, spe ,spe) Yeah judgey (spe, spe, spe, spe) Whip it to Ghaleon (Speck, just a little one) For this match, now (just a little one) "...I can kill her right after she's done, though, right?" "Right." "Okay. Excuse me." Rashidi suddenly whirled and marched out of the arena. "Where's he going?" Rolf asked, puzzled. "Probably calling in a few favors or dealing out some threats." Orlandu shrugged. S-P-E-C-K-I-E Find out what it'd mean to me S-P-E-C-K-I-E Take care, TCB The singers momentarily derailed, as Rika argued with with several other people over TCB being included in the song. And also what it meant. Evidently, Rika just liked it there. Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me) A little Speck (sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me) Whoa, babe (just a little one) A little Speck (just a little one) I get IDed (just a little one) Just keep on tryin' (just a little one) You're runnin' out of MP (just a little one) And I ain't lyin' (just a little one) (spe, spe, spe, spe) 'ck For this match (spe, spe, spe ,spe) Or you might walk in (speck, just a little one) And find out I'm winning (just a little one) Only if I have (just a little one) A little Speck (just a little one) "Is she done?" Rashidi, a glint in his eyes and short of breath, walked up to the judges boxes. "Yes." TimeLord sighed, and nodded. Rashidi, grinning, gestured towards Rika, as she accepted her scattered, yet heartfelt, applause. And a impromptu, hastily assembled and positioned Sister Ray, positioned on the outer rim of the arena, fired into the center of it. "...Feel better now?" TimeLord said, grinning, as Rolf and Orlandu looked on at the horrific aftermath. "Yes." Rashidi smiled. "Good. Now, for me." Smiling, TimeLord cast TimeTwister on the Sister Ray, and laughed as it fired once more. With apologies of the most deep sort to Aretha Franklin. Oh, and to those who can't remember what a Speck is. Or have somehow not played FF6. Ghaleon: 58 Barubary
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Zed vs Lady Harken
Sei "Okay, can you please tell me why we're doing this again?" Indalecio said while massaging his eyes. And it looked like such a good day too... "Well, Nate noticed how Zed an Harken were not only from the same world, but from the same side too." Lenneth began. "So?" "So, since the two knew each other's fighting style inside out and all that, he thought a special match was in order. So he called Death." "...Death?" "Harken uses a scythe, Zed's the Grim Reaper's pen pal, guess it made sense to him. Anyway, Death said, and I quote: I ALWAYS WONDERED HOW THEY GET THOSE LITTLE BITS OF CHOCOLATE IN COOKIES" "You do that voice far too well. And that's why we're now doing... this." "Right. Zed and Harken went and baked batches of their best chocolate chip cookies, and we get the dubious honor of judging them." "And Nate never thought it might be a bad idea to have the stubborn, headstrong tomboy of a female stereotype and the poster child of overly hyper, overly delusional, and overly clumsy clowns everywhere go near a kitchen? He does know those are two of he most classic examples of culinary disasters waiting to happen, right?" Lenneth smiled uneasily "I think he knows, but I don't think he cares. He's not the one doing the tasting after all." "... Right. By the way, weren't there supposed to be three of us?" "Guv fainted the when he caught a whiff of Zed's cookies. I think he accidentally made a potent neurotoxin for mortals. Would you want to try his first?" Indalecio inspected Zed's cookies and felt his stomach turn. A quick glance gave the impression that they were actually edible, perhaps even mouth-watering. Colorful and decorative, it looked like a Christmas tree if they came in cookie form. Of course, a quick glance would miss the greenish brown fumes rising from it. And the way it slowly corroded the tray it sat on. Harken's on the other hand, while boring in appearance, at least looked safe. "Give me one of Harken's." The Wise Man said, taking note of the large impression the cookie left on the tray when it was picked up. --- "... and Harken wins the match. While her cookie crust was rock-like and required a diamond-tipped, adamantine jackhammer to get to the remotely edible part, the core at least tasted like a chocolate chip cookie." Indalecio announced to the video cameras. "Zed, on the other hand, needs to learn that, while tabasco, wasabi, and a whole lot of other spices are very colorful and goes very well with other dishes, that doesn't mean they would also go very well with cookies. Especially all at once. Now, let us never speak of this again." Indalecio finished before he was carried off to the DL healing chambers where his fellow judges were being stomach pumped and/or decontaminated. Zed: 26
Ziggy vs Delita Hyral
SnowFire King Delita pondered his upcoming match. Sure, Lemina's oddsmakers seemed to be favoring him... but Ziggy had beaten everyone else so far. Plus he had an annoying habit of snapping people's necks. Delita liked his neck. Oh, sure, he'd probably win, and then be unable to speak at court for a month. That wouldn't do. There must be a better way... "Psst. C'mere, your Highness. I have a proposition." The robes... the mask... it figured. Delita had been warned that the Kislev Battling Arena, where the match was being held tomorrow, tended to attract such types. "You won't win tomorrow. Not if you had strength ten times what you have now." "Speak for yourself, old man. If you actually are old." "Ziggy is cool. Calm. Collected. A dedicated investigator, with few weak human attachments to distract him. You, with your hatred of the nobles, your towering ambition? He'll read you like an open book. Just ask Miakis, who's now lost to two quiet types thanks to announcing her plans." "Get to the point. If this is some ploy to get me to dress up as that pink haired girl I've seen him hanging about with, I'm not biting. And if the judges insist on a Suikoden duel, they're madder than usual." "Very well. Try equipping this mantle tomorrow." The masked stranger threw a cloak at Delita. "I even have a spare mask, too. It may help you win the battle... up here," tapping his head as the masked stranger retreated into the shadows. Delita considered asking the obligatory "why are you helping me" question, but didn't feel like the usual portentous answer. --- The day of the match, Delita strode confidently into the ring, his long, kingly feather mantle flowing about him- except his cloak was now pitch black. Minor gasps of surprise at the odd choice came from the crowd, but none louder than from Ziggy's entrance. "What - Voyager?! Die!" Ziggy whipped out a rocket launcher out of nowhere and sent a cascade of rockets into the stands as Delita dived out of the way. Delita didn't even time to let loose a ranged Holy Explosion before Ziggy arrived with alarming speed and started smashing into Delita. Except... the attacks strangely didn't seem to hurt too much. --- "Huh. That's odd. I guess because that was an Episode II plot attack, Ziggy's now stuck in his II form." Celes passed the plate of snacks to the other judges. "And he's not even bothering to stock up. Out of character for him, really. Shame." Mithos returned to his crossword. "And... that's it," Lemina said as Ziggy went down to a Lightning Stab coursing through his circuits. "Let me check my records... Hmph, this round didn't come off too well; that Voyager fellow sure bet heavily on Delita... wait a second. What was Ziggy screaming about incomprehensibly at the beginning of the battle?" Voyager didn't get the money after all, but he was happy anyway. Ziggy: 29 Ralff
Reis Dular vs Lieza
Dunefar Lieza is a monster tamer. For the arena battles she tamed dozens of monsters from her world. Let's take a breath here and remember another point - Reis is a dragon and a monster. Yep. Reis is gonna be running around fighting Hemo-Jis within the hour. Reis Dular: 29 | ||||||||||||
