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Week 2 - Eliminations




Ryu (BoF3) Ryu vs Wugui Wugui (SH1)

Shale
For the second time in two weeks, a Ryu faces an opponent proficient in death magic. It's not Wugui's fault he drew the one with immunity.

Ryu: 49
Wugui: 7

Kanos
Wugui has instant death and magic immunity! Ryu doesn't care. *crunch*

Nephrite
I have nothing to say about this week to Wugui's match except 'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA'




Odd Eye (SF2) Odd Eye vs Yuri Volte Hyuga Yuri Volte Hyuga (SHs)

Shale
Odd Eye is a terror of a dueller. Strong and fast, with the ability to inflict a paralyzing status and take two turns to his opponent's one. That's an admirable list of attributes for any fighter to have, which makes it ever scarier that Seraphic Radience can counter it all perfectly.

Odd Eye: 9
Yuri Volte Hyuga: 32

superaielman
Irony is that Odd Eye can 'see' For the Children coming a mile away, but can't do anything to avoid it.

Agony is what happens when FtC hits.

Victory is what happens when Odd Eye drops death fromthe Seraphic Radience's assault.




Piastol (SoA) Piastol vs Kurando Inugami Kurando Inugami (SH2)

Nanashi
Q: What's better than being a high-damage, speedy PC with healing?


A: Being Piastol.

Piastol: 25
Kurando Inugami: 5


Xenobia (Lunar1) Xenobia vs Orlandu, Cidolfas Orlandu, Cidolfas (FFT)

superaielman
The woman was gracious in form, her lips and body lucious. Her face was that of a warrior, who had seen battle many a time, on many a front.

However, she had a known weakness for white haired godlike champions, and Orlandu was no different.

“That's how Ramza and I won the bet with Fou-Lu!” Xenobia laughed, obviously charmed by Orlandu's wit and graceful manner. For once, most of the crowd was also behind the stalwart Thundergod. Minus one, of course.

“Hey, you old perv! Hands off the lady!” A familiar voice lay behind those acid taunts.

“..Eblan.” Orlandu face turned black with rage for a second, then he put back on the smile he had with Xenobia. Deciding to play a hunch and see if his charm worked..

“My dear lady, I'm afraid I must dispatch that young heckler, before he ruins our conversation. If you'll excuse me..”

The gentle touch on his shoulder made Orlandu grin even more. “No, no. Let me handle it!” Xenobia quickly raced out of the ring, ignoring the disqualifcation she got for exiting the ring before the match started.

TG Cid knew that Xenobia had a thing for taking orders from white haired men.. and smashing punk loudmouth kids. Laughing openly, Orlandu saw Edge take a very brief, and very nasty beating. Swooping in, he tapped Xenobia on the shoulder.

“My dear, why don't you go to my room? We can talk in private there, now that this silly match is over.” The giggling Xenobia quickly filed back, awestruck by Orlandu's presence.

Walking over to a very battered Edge, the Holyswordsman smiled and picked up Edge by the throat.

“Thought you could get away with mocking me again, did you? Stay out of my way, boy.” Throwing Edge up into the air...

“Heaven's wish to destroy all minds! Holy Explosion!”

Edge flew clear across the area, his body smouldering from the sheer force of Orlandu's attack. Without even so much as a backwards glance, Orlandu laughed and went to go make the best of things with Xenobia.

--

It was a long time before Edge so much as moved, after the extreme beating he took. Crawling out of the rubble created by the force of the impact of his body against the wall, Edge swore..

“Just you wait, old man. No one messes with Edge and gets away with it.."

Xenobia: 12
Orlandu, Cidolfas: 44

Strider
They both hit hard, but Cid's Dark Sword will keep him in shape while Xenobia just has to take the pounding and hope she can pull something. It'll be a close match, but Cid takes it.

Shale
When the dust clears, Orlandu won't hae a scratch on him - Night Sword will see to that.
He will, however, look unusually statuesque.





Neclord (Suikos) Neclord vs Momo Momo (BoF3)

Sage Acrin
"So, he's using plot power?" Momo said.

"Yup." Said Rei, lounging against the back wall with a wide grin on his face.

"....Why do they do that, anyhow? It never works. Or works only because of dumb luck. And it's not even a flashy power, just a silly barrier...."

"Well, what are we going to do?" Rei said.

"Use plot power, of course." Momo said, smiling.

"....Wait, what? You don't have an....wait....you can't be serious...." Rei said, shaking his head.

"Well, why not? I've always wanted to do this...."

*The next day.*

Neclord, a broad smile pasted onto his gaunt face, walked into the duelling league arena.

"Hmmm. You're not even cute. If you had been, maybe I would have just taken you as one of my own."

"HEY! That's not very nice." Momo said, her ears standing stiffly. "Anyhow, what makes you think you're going to win?"

"Your lack of ability to deal any damage to me, naturally." Neclord said, chuckling.

"That doesn't stop a ring out, you know."

Momo pulled up her bazooka and aimed it at Neclord.

"Now, Rei!" She said, firing off a round.

Which passed harmlessly through Neclord, to hit the ground just behind him....

....and detonate into a massive atomic explosion, blasting Neclord far into the sky.

Rei, meanwhile, smiled and slapped Ray Bradoc on the back.

"Nice work keeping that blast from killing half the crowd....wait...Momo wasn't protected..." He said, glancing rapidly down at the arena.

"...oh, she's just covered in soot....huh, doesn't that beat all. I suppose she has more plot powers than just that bomb....now remind me not to talk to her until her ears stop ringing."

Neclord: 22
Momo: 35


Dehuai (SH1) Dehuai vs Jet Enduro Jet Enduro (WA3)

Meeplelard
Dehuai...the one who wanted to bring out the Seraphic Radiance to destroy the world, and nearly succeeded. The one who is notorious for petrifying and silencing his opposition. The one who is notorious for taking massive beatings from powerhouses such as Yuri, and just coming back for more, mocking him...

Jet...the character mocked for being the worst of the four drifters in his cast. Of a cast that's known for being the most shafted cast this side of the FF8 cast. A character who prefers to spend more time angsting about himself and his past, as well as working alone rather than working as a team more efficiently...

I'll let you decide who holds the advantages this fight.

Dehuai: 32
Jet Enduro: 14

Sei
I'm curious... was the Power the Be that placed Jet in Heavy the same one who placed Serge in Godlike?




Valvalis (FF4) Valvalis vs Lang Lang (LoL2)

Jo ou Ranbu
Valvalis knew that her trademark trick wouldn't be a problem to use this time around. Well, not THE trademark trick which gave her many headaches before ("How could I know that those twits over the Fourth Wall think my spinning is plot power?", she said. After that, a hurricane and a conspiracy took over the DL grounds, one that took more than one season to recover fully, but let's not get into that. I might just be hallucinating.) - but her now mastered and incredibly annoying "Weak! Poke! You're dead!" shenanigan. But she felt annoying that day, and hell hath no fury like a capricious woman. Lang was going to be her personal pet play.

At the expense of the arena's patience. Every single time, she would cast Weak on the fiery warrior, and every time he would defense to restore a bit of his power and survive the possible follow-up... which was just yet another casting of those sickening winds that kept him weak. At the stands, people were ripping their hair out, others were well into a nosebleed out of annoyance, and there were even reports of suicides among the people - along with successive Zidane murders, which were fairly trendy as of Shigeo's successful run in the arena against the Genome, but - once again - let's not get into that. The judges were already nearing decay when the decisive move happened.

Tired of fearing for his life, Lang stood tall and shook the winds. The diseased tornado was swept off his skin, and he gathered all his strength into a single blow. He had only that chance. He ran towards Valvalis, screaming in anger and heroism....

.... and Valvalis took a large wooden hammer out of her pocket (don't ask me where she keeps a pocket, though.) with the inscription BAKA-BAKA!!!! written on it. And smacked Lang in the forehead rather badly with it.

As the Legaia warrior fell lifelessly to the ground, Valvalis just started laughing histerically and left the arena spinning, blurting random things about super-powered protein-coca-cola or the like.

Rubicante and Cagnazzo, who were watching from afar, glared with a shake of confusion and awe. "You know, Rubicante... mebbe we shouldn't let Valvalis watch Super Milk Chan before a match", the Fiend of Water murmured. The noble fiend of Fire just shook his head and looked at the arena. "We definitely shouldn't, in hindsight. Let's just forget how horribly wrong this was and lock Valvalis into a compressed air chamber when we get back. I still can't make heads or tails of what she did".

Neither did the DL.

Valvalis: 23
Lang: 14

Dunefar

Lang's pretty strong for a martial artist. It's said that the best fist fighter can cut the breeze like paper, his fists of steel capable of defeating even air. It's a shame that Valvalis comes in huge freakin' tempest levels and not wind, isn't it?

Poor Lang.

Shale
Spectators at the Heavy headliner match were witness to the most brutal, one-sided beating they'd ever seen. Lang began the match with...well, something unspeakable, and promptly was torn to pieces by a raging windstorm. At first, no one could figure out what had just gone on in the arena, but when Kain Highwind arrived at the judges' booth holding an audiotape, things began to make a bit more sense.

"I have to do WHAT?"
"Jump her."
"........"
"Look, I've fought her twice before, and that's the only way to get her to stand still."
"If you say so, Kain..."

And thus began the most painful misunderstanding in the annals of the RPGDL.




Nicholai Conrad (SH2) Nicholai Conrad vs KOS-MOS KOS-MOS (XS)

superaielman
Target: Male, human, possessed.

Weaknesses: Harmonixers, red haired women in skimpy outfits.

Solution: Dye hair red, shoot target while staring at design.

Success: Assured.

Nicholai Conrad: 12
KOS-MOS: 27

Lackshmana
Demon Lord > Battle Android





Hugh Thompson (PS2) Hugh Thompson vs Guy Guy (Lufia2)

superaielman
“Biologist, and known for being able to stop life at it's very core, Hugh can strike forth with many status attacks, that even the most veteran of warriors are unable to guard against.” Quickly finishing up the last of the report, Guy paced his dressing room in anger and annoyance, unable to find a clear way to best the young biologist from Palma.

“This.. is not good at all. What could possibly disable such a cerebal warrior long enough for me to cut him down?” Guy's arm twinged. That damn Dekar.. his arm still hurt from that training session. Looking up, his face brightened with the beginnings of a plan.

“..It's perfect.”


“..So all I need to do is talk to this Hugh for a few hours, and you'll tell me how to solve the block puzzle in front of the girl's locker room? Sure!” Dekar went racing off to find Hugh, while Guy merely shrugged and took a quick nap before the bout.

--

Guy stood in the ring, his massive Zirco Ax in hand. Where was Hugh? It was time for the duel.

A pair of purple haired men came staggering out of the back room. Both were very obviously drunk, and singing random snatches of song. “I'l sea youse later.” The larger of the two stumbled off, to try and rid himself of the imbibed spirits.

Guy looked at Hugh, and laughed. Not only had the biologist failed to properly equip his shields, he looked like he wouldn't be able to remember his own name, let alone how to strike at the weak point in a human.

A mighty swing of the Zirco Ax laid Hugh low. Although not out, he was clearly in pain. His eyes suddenly clearing, Hugh stood up tall... “How.. do I use it? Volll!” Zidane Tribal clutched his chest, and to the shock of the people sitting around him, keeled over lifelessly.

Hugh, in his Dekared state, not only failed to correctly pronounce his trademark life stopping attack, but he even a target that wasn't even in the ring! Deciding to have mercy, Guy took the handle end of his ax and knocked Hugh, and hopefully, most of what Dekar said to him, out.

While Guy isn't the type to show mercy to an enemy, anyone who had to sit through hours of Dekar talk and somehow managed to kill Zidane out of it was deserving of a break.

Hugh Thompson: 19
Guy: 20

Strider
A mage with high defense against someone with questionable magic resistance. Guy hits hard, but his attack power and IP moves won't save him.

Shale
With two shields, Hugh has better physical defense than Guy has magic defense. Not that that's saying much.




Queen (S3) Queen vs Guy Guy (FE7)

superaielman
“I'm telling you, Queen, that a battle of wits are the way to go! This young kid barely knows anything, and can't even eat a meal without getting tricked.”

Queen eyed Ace with no small amount of distaste. She knew that Guy was no foe to take lightly, but.. “You're lying again, aren't you? I'm not going to lose because of your drunken ramblings.” Unsheathing Luna Llena, Queen walked towards the ring, sure that direct, bold strikes were the best way to fell the young Swordmaster.

Ace shrugged, and walked to the ring behind her. Someone was going to have to piece Queen together after Guy's Killing Edge strokes put her down.

--
A few seconds into the fight, and Queen knew she was in trouble. Her first attempt to hit Guy had been easily avoided, and his counter attack had badly damaged her sword arm.

Holding up her sword to block the incoming attack, Queen saw the Sacaean warrior grin, and hold up his sword to the sky. Before she could even so much as set her defensive stance, a blade whirled past her front, and then from behind.. and all was dark.
--

Wincing, Ace dragged what little was left of Queen to the medics. She was going to yell at him for this, somehow, and not even thank him for his good advice.

Queen: 15
Guy: 36

Korayashi
let's see...queen fights guy..it's as if the queen of england just walked into your house and started waving..horrifying...but is it horriying enough to cause a gruesome somewhat boring victory? yes




Selan (Lufia2) Selan vs Cheryl Cheryl (AtLC)

Grefter
There she stood, the victor after a long magic duel, burnt and blackened the ring still stood having taken only minor damage despite a long match of fire and darkness clashing. Many a healing spell was cast this day. A close match and yet she had come through as the winner, defeating her opponent with skill and pride to be the first amongst her peers to stand over a defeated pretender in the prestigious Duelling Arena basking in the roar of the crowd. Today she has made a name for herself and all will know it. This is her name Middle, remember it well, let out a cheer for The Magical Wife, Magical Selan has arrived.

Selan: 21
Cheryl: 10


Domingo (SF1) Domingo vs Strago Magus Strago Magus (FF6)

Sage Acrin
*Thwap.*

*Choong.*

*Thwap.*

*Choong.*

*Snore.*

It was the most boring match in DL history.

For, you see, Domingo and Strago had agreed to fight out this match... physically.

Why? Well, perhaps they were tired of fast matches.

Or perhaps someone hired the Breath of Fire 3 Colloseum syndicate to install an anti-magic device in the arena, a someone with a personal bet against Strago. A someone who assumed he'd just give up when faced with smacking Domingo physically.

On an unrelated note, Hahn Mahlay was conspicuously absent from the crowd.

*Thwap.*

*Choong.*

*Thwap.*

*FOOOOOOOOM.*

And that's the sound of the Dark Wave hitting the arena.

The judges just decided to figure out who got incinerated first. Much faster that way than doing this over....

Domingo: 16
Strago Magus: 29

Shale
Fact: Domingo's trump card in a duel is Desoul.
Fact: Strago's adoptive daughter and old friend both own Memento Rings, rare accessories that protect completely against instant death.
Sadly, neither of them would lend him one.





Beecham (S3) Beecham vs Sophia Esteed Sophia Esteed (SO3)

Dhyerwolf
After waiting so long, Beecham was finally ready to fight. He prepared his trusty sword, and swore that today would be a victory for the old good times and old fashioned values.

Finally, the time of the duel arrived. Beecham solemnly entered the arena, awaiting his opponent. Suddenly, a cry a pierced his ears.

“FAAAAAAAAAAYT!” a pouty scream rang out. “PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!” It appeared his youthful opponent had entered the ring, with a bored young blue-haired man waiting by the sidelines. Beecham was ready to show this ragamuffin a bit of propriety.
However, as his opponent turned around, Beecham was stopped in his tracks. His eyes bulged out in disbelief. Beecham had seen some horrible things in his days, but nothing could quite compare to the travesty, the horror, the sheer disgrace he was witnessing now.
His opponents…pants…slid around her hips, the unzipped zipper showing far, far too much. Beecham knew that he should go over and spank this uppity youth, but he couldn’t remove his eyes from the disgrace regions. Oddly, Sophia seemed to start to move her body in an odd casting rhythm, but Beecham was too shocked to act. His anger building, his vision stayed locked on Sophia’s nearly exposed danger zone…at least, they were until Sophia finished her casting of Dark Sphere, not only locking Beecham in a cloud of darkness, but knocking him unconsciousness.

“See Fayt, I told you had leet skillz!” Sophia yelled in victory.

Beecham: 18
Sophia Esteed: 20


White Wizard (FF1) White Wizard vs Virginia Maxwell Virginia Maxwell (WA3)

superaielman
Light champion. Highest ranked light. Drifter of the highest calibur, and all around loyal friend.

All of that curls up into a ball and dies at the sight of a level one spell that any old White Magic use can learn. Kind of funny, really.

White Wizard: 29
Virginia Maxwell: 18

Dark Lord Magus
As much as thinking of white wizard smacking things over the head with a giant mallet fills me with glee, I honestly don't think she really stands much a chance here. Virginia's magical resistance doesn't suck, and her damage is enough to take down a fairly frail healer.




Higins (SF2) Higins vs Guillaume Guillaume (S3)

Dhyerwolf
Guillaume hated nothing more than an ugly old man, which certainly describes Higins. an ugly old man. Why, if the Zexen wanted to see an ugly old man, he’d look in the mirror (But why subject the mirror to that?).

Seeing that the rest of the season was filled with people older than 15, Guillaume decided to skip on the match to see if he could convinced Albedo to be his wingman for Child's Night down at the juice bar. To this date, Guillaume remains have not been found.

Higins: 28
Guillaume: 7


Amy Sage (PS2) Amy Sage vs Sara Sara (BoF1)

Strider
Amy's a good healer, but she's a Phantasy Star 2 healer. She can boost her stats and heal all she wants, but she's a sitting duck when her magic runs out five minutes into the match. Sara's not great either, but she has the HP to soak Amy's attacks until then.

Amy Sage: 15
Sara: 28

Dragons and Dating Games
~Scar


Zenthor
"All right, now this show will be done in the typical Dating Game format. You know the game, so start asking away." Zelos took a step back from the spotlight.

Kain pulled out a handful of notecards from his helmet. He examined them, and found himself unable to read them. Words were written, but none of them made any sense. Quickly stuffing the cards back into his helmet, he decided to wing it. "All right, Bachellorette Number 1..."

"That's Sara. Didn't you pay attention to that pervert just five minutes ago?"

"Er, Sara. I've had a past of being under the influence of magic control and turning on my friends so much to the point where it's rediculous. Have you ever had this experience happen to you?"

"Well, I did try to kill my own brother while under the control of the Dark Dragons..."

"A kindred soul. I like that," Kain turned to the next bachellorette. "Now, Fenril. You look almost exactly like me."

"..." Fenril didn't respond during the pause, though Kain heard a slight buzzing in the background.

"So, my question is, have you ever had a dream about having sex with yourself?"

"What?!" Fenril restrained herself from lunging at Kain that instant.

"Well, If I choose you, you'd have to be comfortable with being with someone that looks almost exactly like you."

"Well, I... guess."

"If you don't mind me saying," Zelos started, "I wouldn't mind seeing you have se--" he was cut off by a sharp glare from both dragoons.

"Moving on... Ninian, you have the body of a prepubscent girl, have a thing for red-headed non dragoons, and have nothing really remarkable about you other than the fact that you're really a dragon. It's really an enigma as to why you came here. So, of course, my question is, if you were ice cream, what kind of utensil would be used to eat you?"

There was a pause, and the buzzing was getting louder. Oddly, nobody really responded to the strange jump in logic.

"I guess you would use a for..." Ninian started, and the audience began giggling. Shortly the giggles were drowned out by the annoying buzzing.

Kain opened his eyes and slammed the off button. He got up and looked out the hotel window. Zelos was in a hottub cuddling up against the three dragonesses from his dream, all sleeping, all in bathing suits. It took a while, but then it dawned on him that his dream was just another manifestation of envy.

He dropped to his knees and screamed. "CEEEEEEECIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLL! ZEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOSSS!!!!


Sara: 5
Fenril: 8
Ninian: 1
Bachelor Kain: 17
Zelos gets all: 19

Season 15 Awards
In your opinion, what was the best moment of Season 15?
~RPGDL Staff


Sei
Few things warm the heart better than watching your favorite dueller finish a seemingly unbeatable challenge so conclusively. *waves little 'Cecilia for Godlike!' flags.


Movie Bonuses: 10
AtL power: 3
Pokemon FF1 SO3 SH:C Ranked: 8
BoF double champions: 10
Lady Yuna: 11
Lenneth Wins: 8
Virginia fails to upgrade: 9

Jo ou Ranbu
'Twas an interesting season all in all. But my vote goes to "Movies For Gamers Who Like Movies". They were all rather clever referential works that gave me at least a chuckle every time I read. Plus, it's not every day that you see a title like "How I Stopped Worrying And Love The Eidolon". Pretty damn awesome, yeah.