-Skud- Now Skud was absolutely furious right now. Mean man was continuing to hurt him. And he didn't stomp mean man yet. Why wouldn't mean man just leave him alone. Why does he want to hurt Skud. Skud doesn't know what's happening. Skud hated this. Skud hated all of this. Skud wanted to stop getting hurt. Skud needed to stop mean man. Skud needed to smash him into nothing. "Ugghh!!! Stop it!" he shouted, "Stop hurting Skud Or Skud kill you! Skud Smash mean man! Why mean man so mean to Skud?!" Skud in a blood frenzy went after the mean man yet again. Mean man wasn't going to stop being mean, so mean man needed to stop being alive. [Attack focused strike on Theta (@Maleth ) 2 H weapon]
OOC INCU-BUS: the newest and the most modern addition to our city's bus pool The Mon-Keigh charged at him, but Drach managed to catch and block her blade with his own and disarm her, but not before he ate a hotshot round in his chest, making him stagger despite the armor keeping him alive. Smashing into the Tempestus Scion, he allowed her the moment to touch his skin and bloody it before bringing his klaive into two diagonal slashes aimed at both sides of the collar bone. Two times the giant sword moved quicker than the normal eye could see and it went cleanly through the armor and skin, creating tiny lines of blood across human's chest in the shape of letter "X" and exiting at the hip. Simply turning around he knelt, holding the wound in his own chest as if wanting to take a moment's respite. But as he dropped his knee down on the sand, it caused the slightest of vibrations and Tempestus Scion's torso behind him "shattered" into four equal pieces, falling apart in a gruesome display of Dark Eldar's view of the combat and the lesser races. Stepping up, Drach slowly moved towards where Krauz was lying. Despite the crowd cheering his name, or more precisely his calling, the Incubus moved in carefully, trying to reach the fallen Mon'Keigh from the side, aiming only one downward slash at Inquisitor's head in order to achieve what he wanted before which is splitting his skull in two. OOC Defense focused on Krauz.
Team 4 - Porthos Frowning as the Blood Watchman's head bounced along the arena floor Porthos approached the wavering eldar, holstering a bolt pistol. The xenos was turning towards him, talking to herself, and the Raven Guard took aim at her torso, sending round after round through her armour and flesh before letting the mangled corpse fall to the ground.
<Theta-Xi> "I am not mean by choice, but because I am forced to be mean." Theta-Xi 4 replied, expressing his reluctance to wound such an otherwise innocent person, perhaps if fate had been kinder, the two would have been allies rather than enemies... Alas, this was a situation in which he had to slay his opponent so the Skitarii Ranger continued to engage defensively, hoping that keeping himself alive while inflicting a slow death of a thousand cuts upon the Abhuman might allow him to seize victory. OOC: Defence Focused attack on Skud
Team 2 Emperor's Justice (Drake & Inarius) move into Semi-Finals. (Waiting on other battles to conclude, you may assume that both Astartes can watch the other fights and thus make comments about them and/or talk about the fate of Temvero) Team 4 (Phantom Ravens), Porthos, moves into Semi-Finals. (Waiting on other battles to conclude, you may assume that Porthos gets fixed up and meets current survivors in the after-battle area (So far Inarius & Drake, as well as Drach confirmed) Team 3 (Mortal Enemies) vs. Team 5 (Warriors of the World) Krauz @Uriel1339 (Lord Inquisitor) [Unarmed 1H, 3 hits] & Urtus Velodonus @Uriel1339 (Emperor's Children Slaanesh Sorcerer) [2H Force Staff] vs. Drach @Colapse (Dark Eldar Incubus) [2H Klaive & Bloodstone] & Loren Vel @lord-watchman (Tempestus Scion) [1H Power Katana, 1H Hot-Shot Las Pistol] The Incubus had easy game with the legless Inquisitor as he approached him to deliver death, a weak hit was simply blocked with the side of the Klaive before Drach went in for the killing blow. (OOC: Fatality, then move on to the Semi-Final! ) @Colapse Drach Defense-Focused => Krauz => 1 crit. hit (4 damage) => -2 HP left Drach Defense => 1 crit. success (blocks 4 damage) Krauz All out attack => Drach => 1 hit, 1 crit. hit (4 dmg) = 0 damage (4 block) => 4 HP left Drach = 4 HP Team 5 (Warriors of the World), Drach, moves into Semi-Finals. (Waiting on other battles to conclude, you may assume that Porthos gets fixed up and meets current survivors in the after-battle area (So far Inarius & Drake , as well as Porthos confirmed) Team 6 (Muscle Max) vs. Team 7 (Bandits of Commorragh) Zontaran-Kyalis @Uriel1339 (Blazing Sun of Yme-Loc Aspect Warrior) [2H Sunray Cannon] & Skud @GobMaw_HellSmasha (Ogryn) [2H Ripper Gun] vs. Theta-Xi 4 @Maleth (Skitarii Ranger) [1H Power Rapier (fixed)] Yasmilina @Avenging-Angel (Dark Eldar Wych) [2 x 1H Razorflails] And the equal match simply continues on, no warrior desiring to give up! The Xeno-weapon using One-Armed-Bandit of Comorragh finally getting the hang of his weapon managed to sidestep out of an attack's harm and then brought his blade into a critical spot in the chest area, piercing a lung with the power blade. The Ogryn lost air for a moment but the power blade got a bit stuck in his physique and the Ripper Gun came sideways, sending the Skitarii skidding on the floor, weapon luckily still in hand. Both were bleeding from multiple spots now as they were readying what could be their last attack. The crowd in the meanwhile was going wild, the dilemma of the fight as well as their equal skill was thrilling the dwellers of this dark world. @Maleth Theta-Xi Defense-Focused Attack => Skud => 1 hit, 1 crit. hit (4 dmg - 2 dmg) => 3 HP left Theta-Xi Defense => 2 successes (block 2 damage) @GobMaw_HellSmasha Skud Attack Focused => 2 hits (4 dmg - 2 block = 2 dmg) =2 HP left Skud Defense => 1 success (block 2 damage) Theta-Xi 4 = 2 HP left Skud = 3 HP left OOC: Cegorach or someone likes you equally, and in all honesty I wish it would be me making these numbers up (so I would know they are at least rigged and not fate-guided xD), but damn those rolls! OOC: With that the last NPC left us, just glad it was Krauz who showed that he can compete with even player characters, having outlived both Baddo9 & lord-watchman xD
<Arena 3> Blocking the hit, Drach stepped above the stricken Inquisitor and gave him a nod, one could see it as an actual respect since the Mon'Keigh, despite his initial handicap of having no weapons (and being a simple human while at it) managed to survive and reach quite far. Since Incubi had a sense of martial honor that was shared with no other caste in the Dark Eldar society, Drach merely stabbed downwards and his klaive went cleanly through Krauz's heart, giving him a warrior's death and restraining himself from mutilating the beaten enemy. Once the Inquisitor exhaled his last breath, the Incubus removed the weapon from his corpse and walked out of the arena, putting his helmet back on so no emotion escaped him ever again. <Ante-chamber> Once out of the pits, Drach scanned the room for survivors and saw that all of those who lived were in fact Space Marines, which in his opinion would only give the semi-finals a certain flair and difficulty, something he knew the crowds will appreciate. Of course, he spoke to none of the other combatants, satisfied with staying in his own corner and cleaning his weapon and armor from the stale blood.
-Skud- Skud was in a lot of pain. And he was getting really tired of all of this. He found it difficult to breathe. And he blamed the mean man for all of this. It was getting to the point that Skud just wanted the mean man to stop hurting him. Why was he being hurt the way he was? Skud couldn't comprehend. Skud couldn't even begin to understand. "Why?" Skud asked admist yelling and throwing a tantrum, "why hurt Skud?!?" With that he brought his Ripper gun again upon the mean man. This needed to stop. He needed to stop it himself. [Attack focused strike on Theta (@Maleth ) 2 H weapon] (OOC: wow this is still happening. What the hell)
<Theta-Xi> "Because they force us to fight!" Theta-Xi 4 said as he pointed his Rapier towards the VIP box in which the leader of the Arena resided in. With the past results of this fight, repeating the same attack-priority was likely to result in both of them dying in a mutual kill. So he focused even more on his defence, Rapier swings forming a iron shell meant to block the Abhuman's attacks while he dodged the harder hitting attacks and if he had the opportunity, strike if he had the window of opportunity to do so without retaliation because of a mistake on the Abhuman's part. OOC: All Out Defence, versus Skud. OOC:The fact this is still going on should mean that doing something different should tip the balance one way or the other... Hopefully
Team 2 Emperor's Justice (Drake & Inarius) move into Semi-Finals. (Waiting on other battles to conclude, you may assume that both Astartes can watch the other fights and thus make comments about them and/or talk about the fate of Temvero) Other confirmed survivors so far: Drake & Drach Team 4 (Phantom Ravens), Porthos, moves into Semi-Finals. (Waiting on other battles to conclude, you may assume that Porthos gets fixed up and meets current survivors in the after-battle area (So far Inarius & Drake, as well as Drach confirmed) Team 5 (Warriors of the World), Drach, moves into Semi-Finals. (Waiting on other battles to conclude, you may assume that Porthos gets fixed up and meets current survivors in the after-battle area (So far Inarius & Drake , as well as Porthos confirmed) Team 6 (Muscle Max) vs. Team 7 (Bandits of Commorragh) Zontaran-Kyalis @Uriel1339 (Blazing Sun of Yme-Loc Aspect Warrior) [2H Sunray Cannon] & Skud @GobMaw_HellSmasha (Ogryn) [2H Ripper Gun] vs. Theta-Xi 4 @Maleth (Skitarii Ranger) [1H Power Rapier (fixed)] Yasmilina @Avenging-Angel (Dark Eldar Wych) [2 x 1H Razorflails] The Ogryn lunged forward and was met with a skilled defense of the Skitarii Ranger who feinted an attack, causing the Ogryn to swing his weapon and not just miss, but accidentally slice himself across his thigh. This apparently enraged him enough that his next strike did not just snap the Skitarii's weapon in half, but also finished the Mechanicus Warrior off.... (OOC: @GobMaw_HellSmasha - Fatality Post, congrats to the Semi-Finals! ) @Maleth Theta-Xi All-Out Defense => 3 Successes (block 3 damage) @GobMaw_HellSmasha Skud Attack Focused => 1 crit. hit, 1 hit (6 damage - 3 blocked) = -1 HP left Skud Defense => 1 crit. fail (1 damage) = 2 hp left Theta-Xi 4 = -1 HP left Skud = 2 HP left OOC: With that Maleth leaves us from the tournament too. Semi-Final contestants are: @Colapse - King of Gladiators with RP Chars such as Stevanus/Marmaroth & Razauil @GobMaw_HellSmasha - King of Muscle, always playing Orks and other playful chars with only the exception of super-adorable NexNip @Valonox - King of Extremes, the only player ever getting banned from Deathwatch Free RP for trying to nuke his Techmarine with a nuclear reactor within a hive ship and other ridicule things. @matt23 - King of Assault, always playing frontline warriors, surely there is no better defense than a good offense! @Avenging-Angel - King of Angels, even when not playing Astartes his chars are Angels.... To some degree :X The post will come shortly, you may or may not interact with each other pre-combat
-Skud- "Why make Skud hurt you?" Skud asked exasperated. Skud was downright exhausted right now. But he believed he finally got through and successfully neutralized the "not mean by choice" man. Skud was so confused. Why do they make them fight each other? Is it because they wanted to hurt Skud? That would make all of these people mean to Skud. Skud hated them. Skud hated them cheering the fight. Skud wanted to smash them. Skud wanted to smash the one that made him hurt. He looked down at the maybe mean man with a look of reluctance upon his face. "Skud don't want. Skud don't want this. Skud not wanna" (Skud doesn't want a fatality)
