Shamitako

Victoria Victoria felt Harituuli's tendril lash around her leg, attempting to mess with her balance. It was a smart strategy, but it relied on Victoria being caught off-guard. She wasn't. She spun around and quickly reversed her direction, launching another punch towards her speedy friend. But instead of just charging towards Harituuli haphazardly again, she kicked her leg back, pulling Harituuli towards her charging fist. If she could just land a good hit on Harituuli, the fight was essentially hers, two or three solid hits would be plenty to batter through Harituuli's hide, and she could easily make one hit into five. The issue was hitting her nimble foe, a task that had never proved easy in the past. And if she didn't end if quickly, one of the others might win their skirmish and break off to try to take her down. It was quite the dilemma, but she was sure she'd figure it out. Victoria lived up to her name, and she wasn't looking to change it anytime soon.

Oi, hey, so, it's been a good while since fighting started and I'm thinking it's time to push things to wrap up. Gonna give everyo ne a week to resolve things themselves and then I'll start flipping coins to accelerate the process

Twins The tremor momentarily disrupted Fowl's footing, causing her to trip and fall, but since DD chose a middling distance it was quickly overwith and she rolled back onto her feet. Artemis just barely managed to avoid Tesla's attack by firing a wired bolt off to the side and dragging herself away from its wild path. Really could use some cover fire. She called out. I'm moving as quickly as possible, hold on. Fowl responded. Without Fowl to back her up, Artemis was more or less a sitting duck. Tesla's attacks were inherently faster and she was actually capable of defending against Artmeis's bolts. It was only a matter of time before Tesla landed a solid shot, forcing Artemis to stay on the defensive

Victoria "Sure, we can play Harituuli." Victoria smiled softly. Harituuli might have seemed oddly cheerful for such a grim scenario, but that was just how the beast girl fought. She had pointedly kept herself well at a distance, preventing Victoria from being able to land an effective first strike. Or rather, an effective first punch. Harituuli and her had sparred before, so Harituuli knew better than to get too close to Victoria. She'd either have to make a risky charge or wait for the little shadow to make the first move. In such an open arena where a separate fight could easily turn on them in an instant, it seemed safest to wait. Victoria didn't like to play safe. She dashed forward, igniting her rockets and aiming to land a hit on Harituuli's lower body when the girl inevitably tried to dodge. Twins Told you so. Artemis snickered over the girl's link. Not exactly, I said to focus on Victoria until the battle line were clearer. As it stands now- help! Fowl's protests were cut off as a sphere of energy rushed for her head. Two of their foes attacking her was unexpected, although it seemed Wally was backing the girls up by targeting DD. Probably had nothing to do with them, Deb likely just seemed like the most available target, still it left them some breathing room, they just had to deal with Telsa. A tough challenge, considering they didn't have defenses against energy attacks. Fowl dodged to the side while Artemis began walking towards Tesla. Artemis sheathed her shield and raised both crossbows, firing off a pair of steel bolts towards she dropped them and quickly retrieved a pair of bolts which she tossed into the crossbows as their strings pulled back once more. She raised them again, but refrained from shooting until she could see what Tesla did. Meanwhile Fowl skirted around the edge of the arena, trying to get away from Deb an Wally and to a position where she could provide Artemis with cover fire. Careful A, I can't back you up right now. She warned Don't worry, I'll keep my distance so I have plenty of time to dodge. Artemis replied

How does it feel to know I have that dex number in rep?

The arena was unusually cold, a frigid breeze brushing particles of dust across the surface. A moderately sized group of onlookers, including the contestant's parents, watched over the cold stone circle. Three enclaves sat recessed into the walls, a thick curtain separating the contestants from the arena. It was almost time to begin. An all-out war between three sides, sides which had been officially drawn mere hours before. Six and a half children who had grown up together, now would fight against one another for a cause they could probably care less about Body Enclave Denise stood next to his charges, trying to think of what she could say to fire them up. He couldn't really think of anything, so he ended up just standing their awkwardly, resisting the urge to twiddle her thumbs. The horn that signaled ten seconds until the match would begin suddenly went off, and she felt that he had to say something. "Harituuli, Deb." He said as confidently as she could, raising his fist in the air, "Do your best out there. This may not make any sense to you, but that's okay. Just use this as a chance to show everyone what you've learned." And then the curtain collapsed, leaving the path to war wide open. (OOC: I just realized, Strat and I ended up together twice over, oops) Mind Enclave Unlike his colleague, Mr. Jeff was much more composed. He stood calmly and explained to his charges exactly what to do. "You three are all very strong and smart, some of the brightest kids I know." He said, "so while this may not make sense, and may never make sense, I still want you to go out there and win it." He smiled wistfully as the warning horn blew. These were the final moments of innocence before his students would be sent into the real world. He savored them for as long as they would last, then the fateful curtain dropped, revealing the path that would steal it. Tech Enclave And in the final enclave was Mrs. Stanton, glaring angrily at her students. Neither was easy to work with, and she had no intention of encouraging such disrespectful children. She didn't care how strong Victoria was, that didn't make the little girl the boss. "Welp, later Mrs. Stanton, hope I never see you again." The little twat sneered as the curtain dropped. Victoria Victoria charged into the arena without a second thought, eager to get away from her painfully stern teacher. She wasn't sure she meant it when she said she didn't want to see her, but right in the moment she was glad to get away. She stopped in the center of the arena, standing light on her feet and waiting for one of her friends to make the first strike. Artemis and Fowl The twins carefully edged their way out into the field, Fowl taking up her stance on the edge and Artemis moving towards the middle where Victoria was already in position. Neither of therm was looking forward to fighting their friends, but they had no intention of backing down. Stay calm, Artemis. Fowl said over their link. I know, I know, I'll be careful. Artemis replied halfheartedly. Hey, you think we should see about working with Wally? That might be fun. For the moment focus on Victoria, she seems eager to get this fight going. Fowl replied. Once the battle lines are clearer we can work on a battle strategy. Right now we have only one opponent, so take her down first before thing get really hectic. Artemis hefted her shield in front of her, holding it so it covered all but her eyes and above. Focus on Victoria, sure, that was fine. But- And don't even think about running off to do your own thing. This is important, stay focused. Fowl cut in. It seemed the two knew each other to well, Artemis sighed and held her ground, taking up a defensive stance until she could get in range to take on Victoria.

Since there's not too much interest, I'll also be running an actual character so we can go ahead and get started Brony is K and as per previous discussion, Tesla is also K. I'll put them up when I put up my character and then we'll get going

Leo JG is actually pretty solid if you know what you're doing

Nah, if Murdoc thinks he's okay then I'm fine as well

Well, I'm gonna use a scrubby non-scientific copout: I believe that God exists and sets the rules of the universe, and one of the rules he hasn't set is what decisions we make Although you raise an interesting point about consciousness forcing matter to manifest. I actually hold a belief when it comes to the concept of time that it can actually be manipulated by human perception. It's kind of tough to explain why I think this way or exactly how this works, and I'm tired so I'm not even going to try. But I always find the idea of humans having power over spacetime in some degree to be a very interesting one

Eh, it's not actually a real issue, it just seems like an odd claim

I was just questioning it being "one of the most famous fairy tales out" Not saying he isn't because I haven't heard of him, but I feel like you might be overestimating it

TBH, I'd never heard of it before you made the servant. And apparently the story didn't exist until the 1700s When I saw the name I originally thought it was just a fancified version of "Jack and the Beanstalk" Jack (which is actually kind of something that happened with a movie based on combining the two tales)

>Three super strong phantasms >>phantasm rating B

Well, firstly, keep in mind that F/SN is not the only source material. And also parameters are not actually all that indicative of a servant's power I can't speak for others, but let me speak to my own

That in and of itself is great tho XD Well, not for you... But for the rest of us XD