Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5426254-20150806023625/@comment-5426254-20150816020638

The crowd had a heart attack as Gust Breaker was knocked out of the arena all the way below Stan's family jewels. Additionally, both Carmine and Alicia were forced to regroup.

"Uh, Professor Goodwitch? Can we have an intermission to retrieve my weapon and get that safety hazard off?"

In response a few crowd members pulled at the weapon and tore it free, then promptly returned the weapon to Carmine after taking a few pictures of it.

"Kids," Carmine said to his opponents, "They always want a piece of the action, don't they?"

-

Alicia was frowning. Her beloved Wonderland now had a tear in its fabric.

"Damnit, why did have to be this?"

"Alicia, it was pretty obvious they don't have guns in their weapons. A blade could pass right through."

"Aw man."

"Listen, Alicia, I think we're going to have to practice more when we get back. But, I have a plan. We are going to separate them for as long as we can and hold back as long as we can. Let's start by charging headfirst and improvisiong from there on out," Carmine whispered to Alicia.

"Sounds wonderful!"

"Remember to keep your eye on the enemy and their movements."

Soon, the two pointed their blades at their opponents and charged. A series of kicks, punches, swipes and feints had confused the two, allowing Carmine to re-engage with Asher and Alicia towards Heart. They continued their efforts, forcing their opponents to separate, and keeping a distance between the two of them.

Carmine swung left, right, up and down, forcing Asher to move backwards slowly. And while he was doing a great job forcing Asher away from Heart, he was having a hard time doing major damage, due to Asher's unorthodox defensive style.

''Hmmm... he doesn't seem to attack much. Perhaps he's overcompensating a lack of offensive skill with that defensive stance of his. I should try and bait him soon...''

--

Alicia and Heart were locked in battle. Both were trading swipes and slashes with their weapons. A few slashes towards Alicia forced her to parry them. In response, Alicia then swatted a stab from Heart, leveraged the opposing blade with all of her strength, used the momentum to propel her a few feet into the air, then barrel rolled, landing two spinning kicks to Heart's face.

"You know, that was pretty heartless of you. Isn't it ironic?''

The crowd then suppressed a giggle, making snickering noises.

As she giggled at the thought, she was caught off guard when she saw several jabs at her in a split-second, forcing her to fall back and land on her behind to dodge. Then she rolled to her left to dodge another downward slash.

When she got back at her feet, she dusted off her dress with her hands, and picked up Wonderland, ready to face a scowling Heart.

The two then charged at each other again. This time, Alicia used Heart's attemted jab to her advantage, by having pass through the fabric section of Wonderland, where it got tangled through the metal frame and the ripped fabric, with Alicia leveraging the locked blades again. This time, Alicia found out that Heart was resisting the move with all her strength.

As the two drew ever closer, blades still locked, Alicia still smiled as she made a leg sweep at Heart's legs, which made Heart fall over.

"And you know what? What you said to your boyfriend back there, calling him fat... was kinda mean, don't you agree... uh-oh."

The crowd then laughed, with screams of "Ooh," before quickly falling silent.

Suddenly, Alicia was forced to dodge crazily as Heart was back on the attack, furiously swinging, as her face turned beet red being flustered by her comment.

--

Carmine looked to Alicia as he prepared his next stance. ''Looks like you touched a nerve there, Alicia.''

He turned to Asher. "Well, you gotta give her credit when she stood up for you. You gotta agree that when your girl called you fat... that's cold."

Suddenly, Asher responded with a few sloppy offensive slashes. And the crowd gasped with "Ooh!"

"Ah, so you're trying to get me to shut up, eh? You think that I'm spewing bullshit, right?"

A few more awkwardly-moving slashes signalled Asher's reply. Almost there.

"Right. But you know, with the way you try to attack... you seem a little tense there, buddy. Maybe not as much now compared to the make-out sessions with her...,"

The crowd reacted once more to Carmine taunting Asher...while Carmine smiled.

As Asher launched another set of strikes, Carmine parried all but the last one, then swiftly counterattacked with a downward slash, barbed end pointed at Asher. As Asher readied his weapon to defend, the sword now horizontal, blade facing the floor, the barbed end of Gust Breaker lodged itself onto the dull side. Carmine then placed his left arm on the flat side of the opposing sword, to leverage the strength.

Suddenly, Gust Breaker's gunbarrel was pointed toward's Asher's face. Carmine fired four shots, and knocked down Asher's footing with a blow to the knees, before landing a kick to his gut.

Carmine noticed Alicia had a little trouble with Heart, trying to dodge Heart's swipes. He aimed Gust Breaker at Heart, and unloaded several rounds at Heart. If that wasn't enough to break off her pattern of attack and deplete her Aura further, then the follow-up blow by Alicia's Wonderland blades to her sides, caused by the momentary distraction definitely did.

''Now, if we keep this up, they might definitely be out. Wait, where was I-''

He reacted just in time to block Asher's comeback strike, before gaining a few feet of distance, as Carmine was ready to return to his duel...

--- Mercury's interest in the fight was slowly waning. He loved the tactics and strategies displayed by both teams, particularly those of Raven Blue, but to him, the fight was turning into a back-and-forth bore fest.

"Emerald," he whispered as he took out an X-Ray And Vav comic book, "notify me when something interesting pops up."

"You sure you won't miss something?"

"Whatever. I'm certain I won't."