[VS] A Meeting of Fists (Closed)

[Flame]

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{Read Me}
The idea is simple, since I don't know who is going to be fighting me, I've chosen some of my characters and depending on the opponent you'll fight one of them. Which one is chosen will depend on which I think will make the most interesting match up. Basically, if you're 300 XPz I'm not going to throw some C Class+ character at you. Likewise if you're high up you likely won't fight one of my low XPz characters. If I have a few options I'll choose one that seems the most interesting.

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Bamboo screens slide aside to introduce you, well perhaps. Before you is a large room. It is crossed by long and wide wooden flats. There is a certain sheen to it, a sign of constant cleaning. Placed at the corners of the room are braziers, all four are lit and burn softly giving a smoky scent to it.

This looks very much like a room from a dojo, save for that looking upwards this one has multiple floors. On the edges of the room wooden pillars rise supporting a raised viewing platform sitting centralized above. Above that is another floor and if you squint you probably can see the third floor above it as well. Taking a step in causes two hits of a deep drum. Each rings through the room climbing upwards into the rafters.

Then as if out of nowhere you're aware of them. Sat on the sides of the room upon mats, are six figures wreathed in darkness. Perhaps they are just silhouettes, but even upon close inspection not much is visible about them. No color just shadows.

Closest to your left is the first.

This one looks unimpressive at best, medium-to-short hair, skinny limbs, and nothing of note. Something, it looks like a sheath sits behind them. That's strange, this isn't supposed to be a place for weapons, perhaps only if the challenger uses one.

Going around the room, this second one is definitely taller. Limber but the muscles are more visible on this one. And are those fins? Strange flaps seem to come off their limbs.

The third one is looking expectantly at you, there is a little jitter in their movement. Maybe they want to be chosen, what looks to be a smile has grown upon their face.

Over to the right at the far end, the fourth sits confidently upright on their mat. Their build would seem lithe if not for the clear definition of muscle upon their limbs. At least standing closer would demonstrate that. They have what looks to be short hair, save for a braid of it that rolls down their back.

The fifth is similar to the fourth in their demeanor. Also in their muscularity, if anything this one is even more so than the last. Their hair is spiky as can be as well. And maybe if you stand extra close you'll notice definition on their abs as well. Shirtless?

The last, the sixth, closest on the right to you is another skinny one, a short one. Perhaps as unimpressive as the one on your left. Their hair is neck length and spreading outwards. They are playing with something in their hand, it looks like a small object, not even larger than their hand. They're looking down at it rather than at you.

The pair of drums ring again and this time they all look up and directly at you. Six pairs of eyes look up at you. Six voices merge together and speak as one.

"Who Challenges?"

[Jade]

Fighting for the sake of fighting - an utterly meaningless affair. The pale young woman, with her long white hair tied, wearing a plain black suit with a white tie, found herself entering this arena all the same, to engage in a test of strength against another individual.

The voices, if they startled her, did not get a visible reaction out of the young woman. "Your challenger is Ms. Tea Time, of the Tea Company," she began, giving a short half-bow to the room. "But you may call me by my name: Bianca Stark. Shall we begin?"

[Flame]

"Hmmmm ..." The six eyed the newcomer for a moment. There was silence as nothing happened. If there had been crickets they might've chirped but their weren't so they didn't. Then uncertainly two of the shadows stood up, they turned and took a step away. The second and the sixth disappeared together passing through the dojo wall like it was air. Thus remained four, they turned ignoring Ms. Tea Time now to glance at each other.

What a strange occurrence. A look of displeasure crossed the third ones faith. He opened his mouth to speak, but just like that his form burst into flame. Fire consumed him in a moment and left nothing behind not even ashes. The fifth paused watching what happened to the third before blanching. He turned and disappeared into the wall like the others before him.

This left the first one closest to the left, and the fourth one farthest on the right. Both stood up once again, both turned around and took a step. One paused, and the other passed through the wall. The one remaining held something in their hand. A sheath, yes now one could be sure it was such a sheath. They grasped it in their hand looking down at it before passing it into the wall and taking their hand back out.

Only then did the shadows fade. Unlike the white-haired woman who had entered the dojo, this one had black hair. Short black hair and of short-ish build as well. A dark black t-shirt she wore, yes it was a she. With her back turned to the challenger she cracked her knuckles one at a time. "Hmmm, yeah weaponless should be fine for you."

The girl turned around, fire flared in her eyes, her hair cut short and she smiled at Bianca. "Nice to meet you challenger."

[Jade]

Bianca had eyes only for her actual opponent - in many ways, her opposite.

"Syphalia Minalion, the Firefly. Leader of the Shoguns, a pirate worth 172 million beri," the bounty huntress rattled off, listing off these facts in a monotonous tone. "It will be a pleasure to crush you."

She raised her hands, extending her fingers outward, all pressed against one another in her preferred style. Truth be told, she was uncertain if her own strength would be able to match this opponent; a criminal of the Firefly's caliber was something Bianca had not encountered yet. The intelligent thing to do, then, would be to allow her opponent to take the first move.

Bianca's gently shifting stance suddenly locked into place. "Roselle Aegis."

[Flame]

"Ugh ..." Syph sighed rolling her head about for a moment letting it loll for a second. "Must you be so big on titles, miss ..." She said pausing to shake her head in disappointment. "Well ... whatever your name was. This is not so much about all that." She gestured to the dojo here and then widely to signify the outside. Perhaps this one didn't understand what she'd gotten into.

There was no pirates and marines, bounties and crews. There was just the fight, the art of battle tested by those who entered. Jack would've liked this ... she thought to herself for a moment. That nut job would've loved a place to fight for fighting's sake. The perfection of the art. She glanced over the white-haired woman, she'd taken up some sort of stance. Syph sighed, well whatever.

First, a test. The swordswoman began with a single turn, an arm moved back and a leg stepped forward. Her nose inhaled and she readied. As her foot hit the ground it slammed upon it. Her foot was like a clap upon the ground and Syphalia disappeared from view. And then like that she reappeared, directly before her opponent and in mid-step.

Her forward foot hit the ground with a firm step. And her body turned with it, muscles bulged in her arm as she turned. Her fist shot forward, flames manifested about it as it spun towards her opponent intent on first impact.

"Keika: Shougeki!"

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{-Techniques Used-}

Burikka ~ Flicker
A Soru-like move which she picked up while fighting the Monks of the underground temple. It allows her to move at the speed of Soru. Her high speed movement allows her to disappear from vision and reappear at her end point. One might be able to see her sword moving with her.

Keika: Shougeki
Aspect - Atsui Dasu
Fire manifests about her fist as she pulls it back. Sending it forward just before she hits she twists her fist at the wrist. This can create a nauseating affect especially when hitting the gut. It also sends the flames in a spiral onto the opponent as the impact comes.

If you could provide your techniques used when you do use them, so I don't have to look them up in your profile that'd be nice.

[Jade]

Bianca continued to watch her opponent quietly - Syphalia's response to her own banter was almost disappointingly laid-back, but her word's had a certain amount of truth to them all the same. This was just... A challenge, for the sake of challenge.

And the challenge was interesting nearly immediately. The other woman vanished before the bounty hunter's eyes - reappearing a moment later, the distance between them cleared, already launching directly into an assault. The fire that manifested around Syphalia's fist as the punch came rocketing toward her was another little unexpected thing.

The blow made impact, slamming into Bianca's frame - but she did not budge, even as the flames began to burn her suit jacket, the heat inflicting pain where the physical blow had not. But this... Well, she could most certainly work with this. Bianca's body relaxed, moving instinctively away from the flames, and she brought one of her hands up between herself and Syphalia, gently holding a small tan seed between her pointer and middle finger.

"Bancha Buckler."

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{Techniques Used}

Bancha Buckler: By growing and directing a Shelf Bamboo, either from her body or any other surface, Bianca causes the mutated and hybridized bamboo to shoot forward, growing rapidly to a massive size. The incredibly sturdy, disk-like "leaf" structure at the top of the Shelf Bamboo acts as both shield and bludgeoning attack, smashing into whatever is in front of the plant as it grows.