Tournament Battle: Experience versus Naivete

[Hera Ledro]

Combatants - Jacob William King and Vex (Hera Ledro vs. Soulcorruptor)


Arena – Earth: Savannah Desert

Winds roared and blasted up sand at random times, the scorching heat of the Savannah beating down on the sand dunes and valleys.

A fierce wind blew up a chunk of sand, spraying it on the cactus patches to the north and north-east. Not a drop of water was to be found as the sandstorm brewed and fell, creating twisters of dust and dirt. Snakes and scorpions roamed the land freely, their poisons fatally toxic to whomever their fangs or tails penetrated.

Not even an oasis was nearby to allow a bit of shade. Dirt, dust, and sand as far as the eye could see. A vulture circled above the epicentral sand dune, whose peak pointed southward.

In a great orange flash, three creatures appeared on the sands. To the south of the dune was a young human boy, teenage in appearance, and garbed in a black sweater. Atop the hill of sand was a human-looking creature, though tall with oddly coloured eyes.

“Heroes of the worlds,” an imperious voice called. A man floated between the two warriors, high in the air and garbed in light- and dark-brown robes. “You have been retrieved from your lands to combat in a trial of leadership. Whoever defeats all of the warriors they are pitted against will move on to become a leader in the fight against evil, a leader who will save our worlds from total annihilation.”

“Should you fail in this endeavour, you shall be returned to your home. There you will stay and live the rest of your life, until we are saved or destroyed by the Abominations. Die, and you will be reborn in your world, and be forced to relive life during the modern age of death and chaos.”

“Here, you will find your abilities aligned with Earth and Fire to be amplified to twice their strengths. Use these advantages wisely, and fight your hardest.”

“Do not forget, your battles will decide the fates of the worlds. Battle for your lives, warriors.” In a flash, the floating man vanished, accompanied by a sound uncannily similar to a rock being crushed.

The winds blew harder and faster, though the sand refused to move. It was as if the very world knew what was happening; what would happen should its combatants fail…

 

[Hera Ledro]

Jake screwed his eyes shut as a brilliant orange flash erupted around him. The city disappeared before his very eyes, and he cringed slightly at the feel of being berated by roaring winds. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself standing at the underneath of a sand dune. Floating above him was a man in a flowing light- and dark-brown robe.

The man's imperious voice rang out above the powerful winds. “Heroes of the worlds! You have been retrieved from your lands to combat in a trial of leadership. Whoever defeats all of the warriors they are pitted against will move on to become a leader in the fight against evil, a leader who will save our worlds from total annihilation.”

“Should you fail in this endeavour, you shall be returned to your home. There you will stay and live the rest of your life, until we are saved or destroyed by the Abominations. Die, and you will be reborn in your world, and be forced to relive life during the modern age of death and chaos.”

“Here, you will find your abilities aligned with Earth and Fire to be amplified to twice their strengths. Use these advantages wisely, and fight your hardest.”

“Do not forget, your battles will decide the fates of the worlds. Battle for your lives, warriors.” Immediately, Jake transformed into his Dragon form. However, before he could do so much as lift a finger in protest, another flash erupted and the sound of a landslide rang through the land.

Jake took flight and soared above the sand dune. "Hey!" he roared into the winds. "Get back here! Who the hell do you think you are!" Jake cursed wildly, angered to no end that his shouts were being ignored.

He cursed one last time then ventured to look around him, taking in the landscape. He was in a desert, completely barren and deserted. He swore again as he noticed the distinctive lack of an oasis. Not a drop of water.

Jake sighed and set his eyes on the man whom he'd been chosen to contest against. He wasn't human, that much was evident from the energy Jake sensed from him. Even so, the identity of the race escaped Jake. Then again, Jake thought wryly, I really haven't been to as many planets as Gramps has. He probably knows what this is.

"Look," Jake called apologetically. "It doesn't look like we have much choice." The Dragon cast a weather eye on the surrounding area. "We're in a desert, with no idea where it is in the world. We don't even know what planet we're on." He sighed. "It looks like the only way we'll get out of here is if we fight it out." Jake returned his gaze to his would-be foe. "Let's get this over with." He drew the Soul Shredder from its sheath on his back and drew in his wings.

With a roar, he shot at his foe from the sky, his blade singing fiercely as it came down at the head of his opponent.

((OOC: Sorry about the delay; I had, like, NO internet yesterday and came up to the campsite with my dad. So, no e-net, no post ))

 

[Soulcorruptor]

Vex was actually minding his own business and was trying to come to a decision on what to do. He finally did it; he had all of his ancient race’s gems in his possession. Deciding what to do, hide them safe or destroy them once and for all. Next thing he knew a flash of light surrounded him and he was blinded by it. Finally with sight restored he found himself in what seemed like a barren land. He saw two figures before him; one was at least a good thirty feet away and dresses in some strange garb. The other was floating in mid air and wore a dark-brown robe. It was him who spoke first and said, “Heroes of the worlds! You have been retrieved from your lands to combat in a trial of leadership. Whoever defeats all of the warriors they are pitted against will move on to become a leader in the fight against evil, a leader who will save our worlds from total annihilation.”

“Should you fail in this endeavor, you shall be returned to your home. There you will stay and live the rest of your life, until we are saved or destroyed by the Abominations. Die, and you will be reborn in your world, and be forced to relive life during the modern age of death and chaos.”

“Here, you will find your abilities aligned with Earth and Fire to be amplified to twice their strengths. Use these advantages wisely, and fight your hardest.”

“Do not forget, your battles will decide the fates of the worlds. Battle for your lives, warriors.” The man then vanished, and the other one transformed into some strange...dragon! “This, what is this? A man brings me out of nowhere to a place I know not, and the other can transform into a dragon. What kind of world was I brought too.” Vex thought to himself as he began to take in his surroundings.

Replying to the dragons most eagerness to fight instead of finding a way out Vex drew his blade. He then noticed his Earth gem glowing more vibrant then before. Then silently thinking, “So is this what the stranger meant be our magic’s with fire and earth being stronger?” Now looking up at his opponent “Why must you be so eager to fight and believe what he says!” Now waiting till this dragon came into striking range, Vex first crouched low to avoid the blow to his head. Then performing a side step he quickly stood up and spun himself around raising his sword as he was doing so. Then finally he aimed for the soft underbelly of the dragon with his downward swing, as he finished he crouched down again and push jumped himself away. During this whole evasion and counter attack measure, so much dust from the sand was kicked up he was unsure if his attack made a clean hit or not.

 

[Hera Ledro]

Jake let out an audible gasp as the blade raked his stomach. His attack had missed, and the foe had proved more adept that Jake had first thought: he'd managed to evade and counter Jake's attack with a simple maneouvre.

As Jake rolled along the sand, further away from any impending strikes his foe would unleash, he mentally berated himself for underestimating his foe and rushing in like that.

His evasion proved fruitless, truthfully, as there was so much sand kicked up anyways that Jake didn't think his opponent would be able to see him, much less mount an attack. He quickly dashed this thought, aware that if he could sense energy, then there was no reason why his foe couldn't, too. Jake closed his eyes and concentrated hard as he rose from the sand. There!

Jake stuck his sword in the ground and stared straight ahead. While he wasn't perfectly accurate with his sensory abilities, he did have a general idea of where his foe was. Now came a trick that his grandfather had taught him while training on Makio.

Jake reared back his head and thrust it forward, blasting a red-hot flame into the falling sand. The dust began to sparkle brightly, and within a second looked like a bunch of miniature flares. Jake had expected this, so had closed his eyes in anticipation of the powerful lights. It was a simple strategic maneouvre, to take advantage of the environment like that. It wasn't enough to blind anyone, but it was certainly enough to cause a little pain to the foe's eyes. Whether Jake had blasted enough of the sand to make it to his foe was a different story, so he took another precaution.

As the dust sparkled and glittered brightly, Jake dodged to the left, keeping his eyes shut all the while. As he ran, he dragged his sword along the ground. With a move of agility belying his bulk, Jake rolled through the sand cloud and jumped up, slashing his left hand in a horizontal arc-like motion, fingers extended. The result of this action, and his concentration on his 'Chi,' or inner energy, was a thin slashing wave. The wave roared through the dust cloud, straight for the centre of the general direction where Jake's foe's energy was.

Jake could only hope that his foe hadn't seen the attack coming, and that this small loss of energy wouldn't be too terrible in the long run. His stomach was already healing up from the first counter-attack his foe had landed, and if that was anything to go by, Jake could need all the energy he had to heal.

 

[Soulcorruptor]

Vex was quite surprised, after he leapt away he heard the cry of the dragon. Though what he did not expect was for the dragon to pull the trick it just did. As Vex was trying to sense where his foe was the sand began to sparkle brightly. Not so much that it literally blinded him but enough to make him close and rub his eyes. Now vex was beginning to get disoriented and he could not see.

Next thing Vex knew he was hit by a blast of some sort. The Chi wave hit Vex’s left arm sending him more into a spiral spin. Now even dizzier then before Vex was having a hard time standing up, also due to the previous attack his arm felt numb. Finally after getting himself oriented he decided to feel for where his opponent was. Finally Vex got a small felling of where this creature was. It was to his left now and in the sky. Vex couldn’t help the smirk that crossed his face, this was another good chance to counter attack. Focusing on the gems in his sword, one of them began to shine a small brilliant yellow light. Small amounts electricity surrounded his sword. With a hard thrust Vex thrust his sword forward to send the electric bolt at his foe. Then following along with his action he dropped his sword to his side, so that the blade was hitting the ground. No sooner then this did Vex begin his assault to where he felt his foe, his sword behind him sending sand flying everywhere. After what he felt was a good distance and with a heavy effort he brought his sword up in a slashing motion. Then once again focusing on the gems in his sword, one glowed a fierce red. Opening his right palm some so two of his fingers released his sword, Vex sent a wave of fire from his hand. The fire more fierce then ever due to what this man said surrounded the sand and crystallized it. The result now was a small series of glass arcs flying at his opponent. Vex was stunned at this, as he did not realize just how much more power his fire attack just had. Now beginning to show slight tiredness Vex cursed himself for using two of the gems powers to closely to one another.

 

[Hera Ledro]

((OOC: ...Yeah, maybe black isn't such a good colour for you to use, LJ It's particularly difficult to read.))

Jake sniggered. His foe had sent the blast in the wrong direction. The lightning soared away from Jake, moving to his opponent's left. Jake had dodged to his left, and he chuckled lightly at the fact that his opponent had blasted his attack to his own left rather than his right, the reflect of Jake's left.

"Come on," Jake said, his earlier suspicions about this man's strength beginning to wane. "You've got to be better than that." With a final snigger, Jake soared upwards. Within two seconds, he'd cleared the cloud of sand and had an unimpaired view of the field.

Jake took into consideration the floating man's tip that Fire and Earth elemental abilities were enhanced. With a roar, Jake plunged towards the ground. He slammed his feet down as he landed (around ten feet away from his opponent) and threw his hands up as he rose, keeping his feet planted on the ground. He gasped audibly at the size of the earthen spires he was able to draw from the earth.

Sticking out of the ground in front of him were two stone spires. Each was eight feet long and four feet at the base, double that of what Jake could usually do.

Without hesitation, Jake used his elemental skills to shatter the stone into shards. He thrust his hands forward with a roar, sending the sharp stones hurtling towards his foe. They buzzed like a horde of angry wasps as the shot into the dust cloud, aiming straight for the centre of Jake's foe's energy signal.

 

[Contra Fates]

Judging Results:

Throttle= 6 bonus points
Vex= 4 bonus points

Throttle: 87% + 6 = 93%
Originality/Creativity: 20
Interaction with Environment: 20
Yieldability: 10
Readability/Grammar: 19
Power-playing/God-modding: 18

Vex=86% + 4= 90%
Originality/Creativity= 18
Interaction with Environment = 18
Yieldability = 20
Readability/Grammar =10
Power-playing/God-modding = 20

Victor: Throttle

Comments: This was a rather difficult battle to judge. Due to the few amount of posts within the fight, my judging was a bit limited. The grades were very close, so the both of you did an incredible job. The bonus points were earned for each impressive action taken, and were added to the original score. Do keep in mind that Saix still has to post his results, but these are the scores I have for this fight.

 

[Saix]

Although my style of judging is slightly varied from Contra's, the results, ultimately emerge the same.

Throttle

• Originality / Creativity: 7/10
  
• Interaction with the environment: 9/10
  
• Yieldability: 8/10
  
• Readability / Grammar: 8/10
  
• Power-playing / God-modding: 8/10

Vex

• Originality / Creativity: 8/10
  
• Interaction with the environment: 8/10
  
• Yieldability: 8/10
  
• Readability / Grammar: 5/10
  
• Power-playing / God-modding: 9/10

Totalling the overall scores out of 50, Throttle manages to take a very slight lead.



It was quite difficult to ascertain the points you both should gain due to the lack of posting, so these marks are reflective of what I've seen thusfar, and not of any potential either of you have.