Shamitako

Swag As it happened, the strange pose the God of Lust had taken up was of practical use... sort of. Since he was in such a vertical stance with little balance, the shockwave generated by Ragnarok's launch caused him to fall backwards. The attack flew over him as he used the jets on the back of his shoulders to push himself back up, all the while maintaining his absurd combat stance. "Jeez, lighten up." Sain told Sully, "One attack and I can already tell you've got some serious emotional baggage." Swag's left pinky detached and launched towards the Revenant as a missile. Though small, Swagalicious's Finger Blasters packed a serious punch if they managed to land a hit, and if they didn't he could use his ability to make his opponent regret dodging. "Angry, impulsive, probably abandonment issues, and you think you can solve your problems by crushing them in battle." He continued, "That about sum it up?" Lord Hiroki's more focused attack was met by an acceleration in Lord's pace. Not any sort of gradual acceleration, Lord broke into a flat-out run. She continued moving straight towards Hiroki, relentlessly tearing through the stream of plasma. When she got within a decently close range, she jumped into the air, pulling back her left fist as she went. The boosters in her mech activated, granting her an extra burst of speed. If Hiroki didn't prevent it somehow, Lord would deliver a massively powerful punch that would send the Hellfire Knight reeling. Bear The bees' assault didn't let up, still focusing their fire on the wrists and eye covering. Bear noticed the lack of action on Giant's part, but made no change in his strategy. He wanted to see what she would do.

Bear Mommo severely underestimated Bear's reaction time. The swarm of drones smoothly moved around the Giant's laser without breaking their assault. Bear noticed the cannon drop and the bees backed away to avoid the explosion, though he had anticipated an exploding ground launched up by a laser and not a proper explosion, causing some of his bees to still be caught by the attack and fall from the sky. The swarm continued to pepper her with attacks from afar, focusing its attacks on the Giant's wrists and eye covering.

Seeker Turn left. Seeker tugged the chain to the left and, despite the chain being attached at the back of its handle, the javelin's path changed accordingly. Having flown past the HUNTER when she dodged, the projectile was now flying behind her with the chain poised to wrap around her.

Gryffin Gryffin spun around immediately, reaching with one of his legs to grab his opponent were Supernova somehow still intact. This precaution proved unnecessary, as Supernova was clearly down for the count. Lain dismissed his mech and ripped off Blink's stupid tape. He considered saying something, but rapidly discarded the idea. There was no point, Supernova had barely even put a scratch on him, the weakest of the Gods. The best Tai had mustered was an obvious bait-and-switch to get behind Gryffin and melt his wings a little. If he was among the best Tempest had to offer, then Tempest was screwed. With those despairing thoughts to occupy his mind, Gryffin silently left the arena. Seeker Seeker didn't budge, she waited. The two fighters stared each other down, each waiting for the other to make a move. Or so it seemed from without. Seeker had no qualms with taking the first strike her opponent had so graciously offered her, she was simply taking a moment to size up her opponent. After a few long moments of nothing, she finally made her move. Javelin, launch. Though Seeker remained seemingly motionless, the javelin she held by her side flew forward, rapidly approaching HUNTER while trailing a chain. Bear "That's good to hear." Bear answered, sounding genuinely pleased by Mommo's confidence. He then cut his comms and began to meditate. He blocked out everything around him, save for the two combatants. He became acutely aware of every tiny sound or movement between them. His eyes and ears numbered in the hundreds, yet he perceived each with perfect clarity. Giant's grenades were of no concern, he had no need to cross the arena. And though her cannon did char and weaken his heavy golden-brown armor, one shot wasn't yet enough to be a threat to the integrity of his hull. With everything in place, he began his assault. The massive swarm of miniscule drones Bear called his bees quickly closed the distance between Bear and Giant, surrounding her in a cloud of yellow and black that peppered her with tiny lasers and bullets. Individually and spread out they were essentially harmless to her armored frame. But they did not act individually, they moved with perfect cohesion and teamwork. Thousands of drones firing thousands of attacks, and each on was focused extremely precisely on one spot: The Giant's eyes. (OOC: Just to be clear, you said she had a screen to see what's happening, so I'm assuming she has cameras of some kind in the mech's helmet (based on your description of its design) and Bear is targeting those)

Genie Genie accepted the clipboard, but something was still off. "Do you know if Merlin has any children? Or maybe siblings?" She asked, but immediately shook her head. "No, nevermind, it's still impossible..." She went to grab the next set of questions for Ice.

Lord Lord kept moving forward, wading into the waves of fire without a second thought. Hiroki's attack seemed to be completely ineffective, Lord didn't even flinch. She just kept walking as if nothing had happened. And though she wasn't approaching particularly rapidly, she was already halfway across the arena, it wouldn't be long before she reached Hiroki. Lord couldn't help but chuckle slightly, the laugh spilling over comms into Hiroki's cockpit. Hiroki was a powerful opponent, Lord wouldn't deny that, but the First God had faced many powerful opponents and come out the victor, this fight would be no different.

(OOC: Actually getting the schedules would have been a boring scene, so we're skipping that. TL;DR everyone crowded around a teacher and after a lot of noise and crowded crowding they ended up with their schedules.) Cabins 3 and 6 Aside from dinner and evening prayers, there was only one activity on the schedule for each group on day one. For Cabins 3 and 6, that was a hike through the woods to a nearby cemetery. They were in the middle of the hiking part right now, with Miss Carstin leading the way. Cici was leading the charge alongside her, she wanted to get this over with as fast as possible and go back to her games. Lexi and Haley were both lagging behind, though for different reasons. Haley was clearly nervous and didn't want to keep going, whilst Lexi kept stopping to stare at tree bark. Overall, it was a pretty normal hike. Cabin 2 and the Delinquents Cabin 2 was joined by Arya and Natalie for an arts and crafts activity, in this instance wood carving. The activity was being held in an open-air shelter with several wooden picnic tables which was seated across the field from their cabin and was being led by Miss Katherine. Wood carving was a pretty standard art medium, so the girls were pretty familiar with it. They had just arrived and the girls were finding where to sit. Natalie was the first in a spot, and Naya followed by sitting immediately next to her, she seemed much happier now that Natalie was around, which left little question as to who she had been hoping to room with.

Gryffin Gryffin also cracked a smile, or would have if his mouth weren't taped shut. Supernova's moves were far too predictable. Obviously he would try to get behind Gryffin if he couldn't attack safely from the front. Gryffin was already prepared with his cannon, shifting it so it pointed behind him under his left arm. The instant Supernova went for his wings, the cannon's muzzle pressed directly against his abdomen and discharged, easily smashing Supernova's armor and blowing a hole straight through the flimsy mech. In addition to dealing critical damage to the mech, the attack would also be rather painful for the pilot within as the round passed through his torso on its way. Firepower 6 bonus used Adam Adam wasn't exactly surprised to be fighting Aries, although he'd sort of been hoping his executioner would be Blink, he might be able to reason with her. The Tenth God's odd meeting still weighed heavily on him, he wasn't sure how to handle her story at all. Aries taunting didn't help that much. The whole thing was starting to tick him off. But when he thought about it, fight after fight in this tournament he'd gone in thinking he had an easy win, and fight after fight he'd been crushed like a bug. The only fight he'd won had come by the skin of his teeth and a lot of luck. and compared to Aries, those fights might as well have been a gentle breeze. He didn't stand a chance at winning, fighting was nothing more than a risk. "You know what, I'll take you up on that." He answered Aries. Instead of charging forward, he dispelled his mech and held up his hands. "I forfeit."

Gryffin As soon as Supernova moved to approach, the storm of ice rapidly shifted upwards to target him directly. As his punch had shown, the heat from his Fire Shield wasn't enough to instantly vaporize Gryffin's dense ice. So while the hail would be slightly weakened, it would still deal most of its full damage. This being the case, the endless stream of ice now flying directly towards Supernova would easily batter his weak physical armor and crush his mech, preventing his approach and potentially defeating him right there. He had a quarter second to see this assault coming thanks to the returned chunk of ice momentarily deflecting the shots aimed directly at him, though his extremities would still take an immediate beating.

Having done something similar, I've got some questions to go with my interest. How do you plan to deal with the fact that you need both moves at once or the second move will have a really obvious advantage? How strictly are you defining ninja and samurai? How deep down the technology and/or magic rabbit hole does this go? You mentioned speed and tags to modify such. Will this only be effected by tags or is speed a varied statistic regardless? If the latter, how varied and how much control will players have over that variation? Are there other stats besides speed to consider? If so, how prolific are they? And again, how varied and how much control? How big are you aiming with HP? Or... No what I mean to ask is how many hits one could be expected to take. This seems to have a lot of damage happening with each hit, and hits happening often, but that doesn't mean anything without HP to compare it to. Approximately what ratio of combat to RP are we looking at? Will there be interaction across schools during RP phases? Will there be combat within schools during combat phases?

Gryffin Supernova was successful in getting above the towering wall of ice, but this turned out to be to his disadvantage, as the endless blizzard quickly consumed the area he had occupied moment before, preventing him from returning to the ground. Not only this, but the storm of frigid death began to slowly inch higher, further limiting the space Tai had to maneuver. Gryffin still said nothing, silently watching as his attack closed in on his foe. He still couldn't get that sticky tape thing Blink had stuck over his mouth off. He didn't know where she'd gotten it, probably stolen from one of those science groups she liked to raid, but wherever it was from, it was the most annoying thing he'd ever encountered. he just wanted to get this fight finished as fast as possible and get it off of him. Not talking was literally the worst thing ever. Because of this, where he normally would have happily talked with his opponent and given them a fair chance, he instead decided not to hold back. He raised up his main cannon and fired off a round towards Supernova, not directly towards the flying fireball, but rather towards the location he anticipated Supernova would occupy a moment later when the round actually reached him. A massive chunk of solid ice careened through the air, threatening to crush Supernova before the approaching storm could even touch him.

Merlin Merlin mulled over James's plan. It seemed fun enough. "Sure, I can do that." she agreed, "Just one question, what if the servant inside the ship is stronger than I am? I doubt we'll be able to run away once they climb down to fight." Not that she cared much now, fighting a flying pirate ship was easily enough fun to satisfy her. Kevin Kevin yawned as Shiori woke him from his nap. "What, which servant?" "I don't know." Shiori answered. "Okay, we can figure it out when we meet them. How about where they're at?" "I'm not totally sure." "You don't know? but you said-" "No, I know where they are, but after I found them they kind of, went invisible? I don't know exactly, their presence became really faint. If I hadn't already known where they were when they did it I don't think I could have found them at all in that state. As it is I only have a very general idea of where they've gone." Kevin seemed to think for a bit. "Well, it's better than nothing, I suppose we should get going before you lose them entirely. Archer, you ready?"

Lord "But at that point she was already a threat." Lord protested, but the tone of her voice and look on her face were not those of defense but of guilt. They hadn't made any attempt to talk to Cardinal, to try to find an amicable solution. She breathed deeply. "No, you're right, we'd already given up on her by then." "We'll have to disagree there." Blink said, "That girl is not sane, I heard it for myself. She's well beyond help." Lord was about to speak again, but Seeker, noticing HUNTER's question to go unanswered, interjected in clear voice, "One moment before we continue this train of thought. Yes, one of us would give up our Plane to the winner." She nodded to Lord to continue. But it was not Lord that continued, rather, Bear decided it was his turn to speak up. "Defeating the gods is not impossible and has been done before." He said calmly, "Though the Tenth possesses great power, it is not unlimited." Lord and Seeker both nodded their agreement, Blink mumbled something of ambiguous nature. "Sadly, though Arcturus in his infinite vagueness seems to have solved all of our problems, there is no obvious route to an amicable solution." Lord moved to get back on track, "I fear that Blink may be right, at this point she is too far gone." "Damn right I'm fucking right." Blink said, "Seriously when was the last time I was wrong?" "When was the last time you were right, either?" Bear chided, "We value your strength, but your wisdom leaves much to be desired." Blink shrugged, but something about her suggested that actually stung." Lord cleared her throat. "Anyways." she continued, "Though I will look to contact Cardinal again, due to her mental state we may be stuck. I believe we should proceed as though the tournament is our only solution. That being the case, it should be made clear what the upcoming exhibition is about." She looked to Seeker to expand. "Though it may seem sudden, this exhibition has been planned since day one." Seeker stated, "We gods need to reaffirm our strength, as many question why we send others to do our bidding. But it's more than that, it also serves as a key step towards defeating Nil. As of now, there is little chance any of you will succeed in defeating any of us. However, facing us alone will give you a glimpse of what sets us apart. You must fight with all your strength, and when you lose, you must use that loss to grow more powerful. Only then will you become strong enough to take on Cardinal." Seeker stood. "And it seems the time for you to find that strength is close, we gods must go prepare, I recommend you take this time to prepare yourselves as well." Aries Aries and Mommo had a relatively quiet time, as both were quiet people. Ram would occasionally say something to embarrass the god, and Aries would apologize for his partner's rudeness. But for the most part they simply traded in small talk. Aries wasn't sure how Mommo felt about the matter, but he was happy just to chit-chat with the girl. Thus the look of disappointment on his face when he checked the time and found that he needed to prepare. "Ah, it's time for us to go get ready." He told Mommo, "This has been great, I, uh... Good luck with your fight and stuff." Queen Queen smiled. "No, you're right of course, this tournament wouldn't exist if we didn't think you at least stood a chance." He said, "Don't let my self-doubting tear you down as well. It is my sincerest hope that you defeat me today and change everything. And even if you do not, then perhaps you'll learn something that will be the key to your future victories. Either way, I look forward to meeting you on the field." Their food arrived, and Queen proved to be much less talkative while he was shoveling food into his stomach. As such, their meal concluded uneventfully, with Queen giving a formal goodbye before both he and Morgan headed off to prepare for their battle. Adam Adam cackled hysterically. "You?! You're the thing everyone's scared of? Holy shit that's hilarious." He just couldn't believe that this timid little girl was the big bad Tenth God. He was pretty sure he could just beat her now and end all of this. He didn't attack though, he'd landed on his ass from charging forward enough that he decided to err on the side of caution for once in his life. Cardinal "Sh-shut up, I want to tell you a st-story. You'll understand h-how p-powerful I-I am when I finish." Cardinal insisted through Adam's laughter. Her facial expression hardened and her tone steadied as she began. "A long time ago, there was a place called Earth, the people of the Planes remember her as the Sphere. The Earth was the center of the universe, the place from which all life energy stemmed. Sadly, foolish people searching for power corrupted the Earth's energy and the universe began to die. Tears in spacetime appeared all throughout, first silencing the stars and later silencing the Earth's inhabitants, undoing their very existence. "Faced with extinction, the Earth's inhabitants sought escape. The most powerful among them discovered the Planes and evacuated as many as they could to their promise of safety. Unfortunately, many were left behind. Though they tried desperately to survive amidst the destruction of time itself, they were eventually wiped out. With no one left to observe her, the Earth could no longer give the universe life. What little remained vanished, and with it the corruption, as the corruption could not continue with nothing to corrupt. All that remained was the Earth, and in time she would vanish as well. But the remains of the Earth were not totally empty, still there, frozen with the death of time, was a single child. This child was too young to perceive herself, let alone observe the Earth, yet in the instant the corruption finally brought an end to time and vanished from the universe, her eyes were opened to reality and she became aware of herself. So by miracle or fluke, time was reborn, free of corruption. "Alone on a dead world, the child grew up with only the knowledge she could discover by reading what was left behind. As the years passed, she began to understand the power that had corrupted her world and sought a way to use it to escape to where the rest of her kind had gone. With great effort, she learned to control it far better than any before her. The Earth, as it had done many times before, bore witness to her strength and granted her its power, though the only power it had left was nothingness. With this power, she was finally able to find the Planes, though much time had passed for them. None remembered the Earth or the power it wielded, nor did they remember how to bring her across to the Planes. Growing desperate, she used her power for one last gambit, she would gain the power of the Planes as well, and use herself as a bridge between the two worlds that she could cross." Cardinal sighed, and even looked as though she might cry. "I won't ask for your help, I know now that no one will grant it to me. All I ask is that, should I be defeated, you share my story so that I am not forgotten." Adam was given no chance to respond, as he was immediately returned to the Plane of Greed. Why Cardinal had chosen him to carry this burden, he couldn't know. But apparently there was something about him she thought she could trust. Whatever the case, he'd have to wait to worry about it until after the exhibition matches, it was time to prepare. TTG Interlude, Combat Phase (So much for October the Third. I'll set the deadline for this once at least three fights have concluded naturally.) The arena for these fights is a large, circular field with a slight slope upwards about halfway from the center. It's colored in a boring grey and while not indestructible, is a rather tough substance. Spectators sit all around the arena in seats above the walls. The competitors are well-accustomed to this type of arena as it is the standard field for tournament fights. Lord vs. Hellfire Knight When Hiroki entered the arena, she was met with a very different Lord than the one she had met with earlier. Before Lord had held an air of regality and confidence, one that seemed to inspire those around her. But the woman in front of her now was something entirely different. This Lord did not wear a simplistic dress, instead she was clad in a purple jumpsuit with equally purple metal gloves and boots, which glowed with a blue energy from within. Her blonde hair was tied back in a tight ponytail and her eyes held nothing but determination. She strode forward at a steady pace, not speaking a single word. This Lord emanated raw power. Her mere presence pushed against Hiroki, as though she could crush the diminutive girl without even touching her. This was the difference between gods and mortals, this was the mountain Hiroki was being asked to climb. Future Seeker vs. LOLI_HUNTER Facing Kagari in the arena was a massive, pale blue suit of armor, presumably with Seeker inside somewhere. In one hand this walking hunk of metal held a long spear, and in the other a shorter javelin. "Good luck, HUNTER." Seeker said over comms. Her voice was completely monotone, giving no hint of what she was thinking or how she felt. It simply conveyed her message and that was all. The suit of armor raised its spear and pointed it at HUNTER, taking a single step forward and waiting for her opponent to make a move. Swagalicious vs. The Revenant The humanoid mech across the arena was hard to miss. It was colored a gaudy red and had struck a ridiculous pose, with one hand resting on its forehead in a way that implied it was running its fingers through its hair and the other balancing the first's elbow while tightly hugged against the mech's stomach. But what made it truly impossible to ignore was the pair of nipple-like protrusions on its chest, they were just sitting their, yet they drew Sully's eyes in, something about them was just hypnotic. Like Lord, there was a sort of pressure emanating from Swagalicious, but rather than shaking Sully with his overwhelming might, the God of Lust simply left the mechanic dumbfounded and speechless. "Get ready to eat it." Swag taunted, or maybe he was actually suggesting something, Sully probably didn't want to know. Sleeping Bear vs. Slumbering Giant Two massive metal beasts faced off against each other from opposite ends of the arena. Sleeping Bear had lumbered forward and lay down on his side, his swarm of bees forming a yellow and black cloud behind him. This would not be a match of power or speed, but one of strategy and control. "Show me what Aries sees in you." Bear told Mommo. Queen vs. Strider Queen's combat outfit was much like Lord's, though it was colored more to his tastes. "I'm counting on you to make this a challenge." He said, "Give it your all, I'm rooting for you." He dropped into a ready stance, feet apart, knees bent, one arm by his side, and the other extended forward with the palm open. Aries vs. Silent Requiem Adam's spherical mech was met in the arena by another spherical mech of similar size. Except the opposing mech didn't rest on the ground, it was held aloft by a massive pair of wheels shaped like a ram's horns. Aries and Silent Requiem had a history, and it wasn't a friendly one. Of all those who had a beef with him, Aries probably had the biggest. This was not going to be a fun fight. "You ready to die, asshole?" Aries sneered over the comms, "Or maybe you want to forfeit now? I'll take your pride in exchange for your life if you want." Ice Gryffin vs. Supernova Supernova entered the arena opposite a half-frozen, part bird, part man, part lion thing. It was necessarily the strangest mech design, in fact it seemed pretty normal, which in term seemed strange for a god. He didn't have much time to contemplate exactly how relevant this was, as Ice Gryffin almost immediately began lauching a hail of frigid ice from its frozen wings. The arena rapidly filled with a curtain of chilling icicles, all headed in Supernova's general direction. (OOC: All finished, yay)