Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5426254-20150806023625/@comment-5426254-20150812001756

"The match may begin."

Alright, now I gotta wait until they make the first-

Suddenly, the silver-haired girl rushed forward, trying to slice off his own left arm.

SHIT! Carmine thought as he stepped backwards, dodging the first swing. It missed by a couple of inches.

''Oh God, and I thought Alicia was bad enough. Of all the opponents I could have been stuck with, it had to be this crazy bitch,'' Carmine thought, as he ducked, dodged, and readied Gust Breaker's flat end to parry the opposing blade.

But Heart was still ferocious as ever, continuing a flurry of attacks, one of them being a leaping downward slash from above. Carmine swiftly took a half-step to his left, and parried another stab with Gust Breaker once Heart landed.

''I'll have to be careful. I'm forced on the defensive- wait, hold on a second. How did she know to target my arm? Does she know its true capabilities? Or was it that obvious to them?''

He continued to dodge the swings, even going as far as bending over backward to avoid a horizontal slash as he pondered what led to their opponents attacking the arm first.

Meanwhile, Alicia swung wildly at her opponent, Asher. She wanted to try and have as much fun as possible by holding back on the true capabilities of her weapon.

Asher was holding quite a strange pose indeed. Asher was holding his sword, one hand downward in a backward form. This was a very odd defensive pose indeed, but very effective one, as he was able to block Wonderland's slashes using the oddly-shaped guard and pommel.

"Is this it?" Mercury sneered. He had expected more from Wonderland, but all he saw was a parasol with large blades being swung around.

''No, there has to be more. It's only the beginning of the match. They must have some secret trick up their sleeve.''

Alicia became frustrated. ''This isn't fun! All he's doing is standing there without a scratch and I'm the one trying to make a dent on him!''

She took a deep breath. Maybe she still had a few more ideas she wanted to try out before breaking out Wonderland's true potential.

She then charged at Asher, preparing a downward slash, blocked by Asher's blade, and then she ... used the momentum to polevault herself above Asher's head, land a kick to the back of his cranium, and follow up with a slash to his back.

Unfortunately, she found the blow parried, this time with two hands on that big sword of his. And it felt heavy.

Holy crap, is this thing huge!

As Asher went on the counteroffensive, Alicia noticed something odd. It was heavy, but his skills were sloppy...

-

''Think, Carmine, think! How did they know about my arm? I haven't even shown it to them yet, and it matches my skin tone! Do they really have 20/20 vision? Or is it another ball game entirely with their strategies, since they decided to try to take out my fucking arm!?''

Carmine blocked and evaded another set of swings and slashes from Heart, rapidly advancing on him as he continued to defend, being careful not to reveal his arm, and holding Gust Breaker in two-hand grip stances.

''Okay, Carmine, relax. Let's not show the arm off too much yet. She's lighter, quicker, and has good sword skills. Her sword is sharp, yet durable. Wait- if she had a gun function, she would have used it by now.''

Carmine continued the skirmish of attrition, seeing as neither he nor Heart's aura meters didn't change much.

''Her sword is an ordinary, but well built one, and she's betting it all on her speed, reflex, and her sword skill. Thank God. Now I don't have to worry about Gust Breaker being ripped to shreds, since there's no enemy projectile to do that. And she must be fragile, like Alicia.''

''Her sword is also designed for fast slashes and stabs, with quick cuts. If I can make an opening, she's done for. That 'no Semblance' rule was the smartest choice I ever made.''

And that opening came indeed. A forward stab came towards him, with both arms on the grip. Carmine immediately switched hands with Gust Breaker, parried the blow, and then closed the gap, pivoting his straightened right arm in a haymaker to the left side of Heart's head, followed with a kick to the chest from Carmine's right foot, sending her flying to the ground, and a decent chunk of her Aura into the yellow.

He saw Alicia making gains on Asher, landing several kicks and punches after each failed swing of his failed to connect with Alicia. She finally landed a blow on him with Wonderland, bringing Asher close to where Heart was.

"Alicia! Rush in now!"

The two of them decided to charge at their opponents. But Carmine noticed something.

Why are they charging at each othe- OH SHIT!!

"ALICIA!! LOOK OUT!!"

The two of them had parried Asher and Heart's little feint. Then the four fighters were in a huge mix-up. Now Alicia faced off against Heart, and Carmine with Asher.

Well, that was the stupidest thing we ever did.

Then Carmine realized that they switched opponents.

''Or maybe not. It might be the smartest instead,'' Carmine thought as he charged with Gust Breaker, both hands at the ready, as Alicia did the same with Wonderland.

Mercury smirked as he saw a new set of duels. ''This has the potential to be interesting. And it better be worth it.''