Persona Grand Prix : The Duels of Ages

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Persona Grand Prix 10AC

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Who: Tournament Fighters and those who wish to watch them.
Where: Aries Arena & Televised
Summary: 1/16-1/22. Days of non-stop shooting and Persona battles! Players decide when the fight takes place.
Warnings: D-D-DUELS!



Grand Prix Frenzy had overtaken the city by this point.

We're sorry, you weren't technically part of the main show. However, perhaps, should this go well, they might be able to get you into the giant tournament itself next year!What can they say, the show must go on. And the ratings must be high.

The entire place was filled with cheering spectators and for those who missed out, the usual channels were going to post the entire thing live. Pay-per-view had extra shows and cameras. Or you could go to your local pub. Now that the main show was put on hold, they had all come to see one thing: and it was to see how these newcomers from otherworlds fared in their favorite sport. In a way it was showing the natural pride to them, and watching how they did at it.

Gambling wasn't allowed publicly. So naturally it flourished underground. Odds today were 1:1 for nearly everyone, those looking to make a lot of money were simply out of luck. Today was a day for watching.

From the side ring "Jay Queen" and "Bob Sternhammer", the two ringside announcer, excitedly begin the pre-game talk.

"What a crowd today Jay! You can feel and hear the energy coming right off of 'em!"

"A stadium of Ten Thousand filled to the brim! At the tenth anniversary, this promises to be a Grand Prix unlike any other!"

"Can't blame 'em. Hell, if I wasn't announcing this, I'd be ringside looking at the newcomers. For those watching at home, we're gonna remind you of the few ground rules."

"Tonight's matches are part of the main tournament, Outerworlders division. No returning champions, in fact, if you look to the left there, you'll see Flamin' HellDragon waving next to Seaside Dragoon. Last year's reigning champ, and the sexy female newcomer? Oh I can just smell the steaming flames of passion raising!"

"Haha and a kiss in public! Can you hear the crowd echoing their approval! At this stage they might take away from the real event!"

"Names are drawn based on known skill. Randomization is under the supervision of the Hinoto-Ri Lotto Society."

"Contestants pick their own Evoker ten minutes before the duel, and are asked to fire a blank shot in the air to insure security before it is scanned. Contestants then are brought into their isolation zones and are kept there until they are ready to be brought up to the ring. Since this is a double dual championship, contestants are brought together a full two hours before the tournament begins, and then will get to meet their opponents behind a locked bar twenty minutes before the show begins."

"Turns are taken, each allowed only one command from their Personas."

"As usual, Instant Death Spells are forbidden of usage. You may not kill your opponent. If your opponent is knocked unconscious, they have five seconds to get up. You are only allowed to attack your opponents Persona, even with your weapons and skills."

"Oh! Looks like the national anthem's gonna start."

There was some singing, as everyone stood up. After, the shouts became louder and louder, as a single man dressed in a tuxedo walked in, grabbing a futuristic microphone and speaking in it.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! THE GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE OTHERWORLDER'S DIVISION! A SERIES OF BATTLES WITH STRICT SET OF RULES TO SHOWCASE THE NATRUAL ABILITY OF HINOTO-RI'S HEROES!" Dramatically, he leaned in closer, raising his hand as the crowd's enthusiasm broke into an even louder frenzy.

"LeeeeeET'S GET IT oooooooooON!"

The crowed cheered, as a series of fireworks and music tore off into the sky.


"This is Bob and Jay live from the Outerworld Demo Tournament! !"

MATCH 1 ▼

Hitoshura | Masamune Date -VS- Link | Mordred

MATCH 2 ▼

Neku Sakuraba | Yu Narukami -VS- Eikichi Mishina | Nyaruko

MATCH 3 ▼

Yosuke Otoha | Dark Pit -VS- Shas'la T'au Kais | Anant

MATCH 4 ▼

Daichi Shijima | Akihiko Sanada -VS- Kaito Watari | Miki Sanada

MATCH 5 ▼

Cloche | Ginia Rosentia -VS- Haseo | Terra

MATCH 6 ▼

Meetra Surik | Sasha Fyer -VS- Aoi Misato | Atoli

MATCH 7 ▼

Sora | Yosuke Hanamura -VS- Atsuro Kihara | Minato Arisato

MATCH 8 ▼

Misery | Pit -VS- Desco | Aqua

Comments

Yosuke Otoha | Dark Pit -VS- Shas'la T'au Kais | Anant

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Pre-Battle

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[Deep in the underbelly of the beast that is the arena, your characters are brought together to talk 2 hours before the tournament begins. Twenty minutes before the battles will start, a small wall separate two groups is opened so that both teams can know who they are facing off against. An invisible magical wall prevents them from going into each other's rooms, but they can see and hear each other clearly.

Feel free to thread here their meetings and pre-battle talk, if you'd like!]

[stolemylook]

[Congratulations, Otoha; you have probably the most sullen, grumpy angel in the world brooding in his chosen corner, looking impatient as he waits for their turn. He is clearly not in the mood for talking, because he's not the "partners" type.]

[bakegarasu]

[It's okay, he's not terribly talkative either.]

... I'm Otoha, by the way.

[He'll introduce himself, at least?]

[stolemylook]

[He glanced over at the other man at that, not cracking a smile, but at least not outright scowling at him.]

...Dark Pit.

[There was a long pause where it looked like he wasn't going to say much more, before he continued.]

...I don't like my Persona, and I don't work well with other people. If you see an opportunity, take it, but stay out of my way.

[bakegarasu]

Works for me. I'll do what I can for you but I'm the same way.

[...]

But take cover behind me if you need it. Just don't be an idiot and we'll be fine.

[Being an idiot is his job.]

[stolemylook]

[Dark Pit let out a faint snort.]

...same goes for you.

[greatergone]

[Close quarters combat. How barbaric. There was only one thing he could ask of his partner.]

Try to keep them from reaching me and we may succeed.

[selfgodded]

[Anant just seemed greatly interested in observing everything - up to and including touching the invisible magical wall. Tap tap tap how did this work...?]

Hm...? Oh, excuse me... you are fighting as well?

[Anant seemed like the spacey type...]

My apologies. Your colours are very smudged and pale looking. I almost missed you. I am to stop who from reaching you?

[greatergone]

You and I are on the same team...

[Oh boy, he can see where this is going.]

Our foes. If I'm engaged in melee combat, I'll most likely be beaten instantly.

[selfgodded]

Our foes? Oh, the ones over there? I wasn't aware it was a tag team...

[Anant clapped their hands together, turning to face Kais fully]

We were never formally introduced! I apologise for my behaviour on the network. I was in a very bad mood then. Did I ever catch your name?

[Derailment of conversations is Anant's forte]

BATTLE

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BATTLE 3

Dressed up in their simple fighting outfits (Red for Team 1, Blue for Team 2), they could hear the crowd as they were slowly brought up.

"And welcome once again to the greatest tournament in Hinoto-Ri!"

"Right you are! For those just coming in today, know that due to the new privacy rules voted in last December 9AC, the private names, arcana, ages and zodiac signs of all fighters, both from Hinoto-Ri and Otherworlds are strictly prohibited."

"You'll need to check out Teenbeat Magazine if you want that stuff, folks!"

"Speaking of teenbeat....ehehe the new guys look pretty good."

"His parner however...doesn't he remind you of the angel that was there the last time? Must be related..."

"And their opponents...brand new and making their debut today! I'm excited!"

"I do love mysteries!"

"Your first Tag-Team Matchup tonight! Your first Team! FROM OUT OF THIS WORLD, SILENT AND LETHAL! The Deadly Blade of the Night!"

As they rose, music filled the coliseum, echoing into the night sky. An image was being displayed on all the telescreens, the nickname overlapped in special effects.

"And their Partner!! FROM OUT OF THIS WORLD, A POWERFUL WARRIOR CLAD IN BLACK! The Burning Arrow that Never Misses!"

The music changed to fit the new arrival, their nickname taking the place of their partner before. The crowd roared.

"Ladies and Gentlemen...YOUR FIRST TEAM!!!"

They cheered on for a minute before the lights dimmed again, and the crowded hushed.

"Aaaaaand....THEIR OPPONENTS! A WARRIOR OF MYSTERIOUS PAST! The Technological Wonder!!"

From the other side of the stadium they rose, music playing as they did so.

"And their Partner!! FROM OUT OF THIS WORLD, THEY DO THEIR BEST! The Lightning Fast Fool!"

The final piece of music was played as they rose.

▲ VS ▼

"Aww man, I'm getting pumped already! If you've just come into this special, this is Otherworlds division matches. Currently we're at the start of the third, and it already promises to be interesting."

"And now they're gonna spin the wheel! The wheel spinning is done under the Hinoto-Ri Lotto Surveillance."

"And their condition!"

The wheel began to spin, as the stadium fell deadly quiet.

CAGE MATCH

"Caaaaaaaage MATCH!!"

It was almost too hard to hear the two announcers with all the cheering but Jay looked extremely happy.

"Woohoo! Caged match means all of those locked up close and personal, what more could we want?"

They were all raised into the air along with the other, the ring around them began to close, forming a metal mesh between all four, inside a very large area for their safety. A team of three healers stood by in the wings.

"Those new to the sport watching we'd like to remind you that Contestants start close to each other, back faced. After that, they take ten steps, Evokers in the air."

"Reminds you of old American Wild West Duels! Crowd loves to count down until they start."

"After that, it's the first who shoots allows their team to begin first!"

READY? GO!

[OOC - Team 1 won the coin toss, so they go first.]

AGI | DARK PIT AND OTOHA

[stolemylook]

[Ridiculously tight space that didn't allow for any kind of maneuverability, squaring off like some stupid western, and they had to summon their Personae first? Dark Pit was already hating his life; he hated the stupid thing and got a new one at that Velvet place for a reason.]

[It's with all the reluctance in the world that Dark Pit shoots himself in the head, bringing a thing of nightmares with his own face bobbing out of it to life.]

You're getting one shot, you pain in the...

[He let the thing cast it's fire spell, not really caring if it hit or not. It was going away after this.]

SKEWER | DARK PIT AND OTOHA -> KAIS

[bakegarasu]

[The lack of space unnerved Otoha as well, but it wasn't exactly evident on his face as he shot himself to summon Yatagarasu. The huge Persona dwarfed him, and rushed towards the robotic man.]

[His mouth was set in a thin line. There was no amusement - not yet. That would come when he got his own chance to strike.]

REVOLUTION | KAIS AND ANANT

[greatergone]

[Ouch.

He was already knocked on his ass before he could do much else, falling prey to physical damage. He was no stranger to pain and fighting, though, and refused to give in so soon. Instead, he used the blow to continue a roll backwards so he wouldn't be burned by the fire spell while he was at it.

Kais popped up to a semi-squat, resting one knee on the ground and his oversized pauldron facing his foes as if it was a shield. His evoker went up under his chin where his helmet didn't cover and he summoned his persona, an actual giant robot. Quickly, red laser lights panned from its head as if marking both targets and stopped, granting Kais a greater chance to score a more damaging hit.

Could use some help over here though, 'friend'.]

ZIONGA TO OTOHA | KAIS AND ANANT

[selfgodded]

[Oh! Sorry, were they to move now?

As Kais tumbled backwards and summoned their Persona, Anant finally broke out of their fascinated staring to summon their Persona, Dionysus, in a flurry of bright, multicoloured lights. Dionysus liked a flashy summoning, okay.]

Hm, this is when I attack one of our opponents, let us see... hm, aha! Very well!

[Anant points....at Otoha]

Zionga!

SPECTATOR (OR REACTIONS)

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Re: SPECTATOR (OR REACTIONS)

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

In the audience, there is an angel.

An angel holding up a large, homemade sign.

This sign reads

YUO KAN DO ITT DARC PITT!!

This angel happens to be yelling "WHOO!! LET'S GO PITTOO!!!" every now and then.

[forceofnature]

"You shpelled Pittooo rong."

Viridi's voice is muffled once again through the sound of crunching popcorn.

"And everyshing elshe, too."

Swallow gulp.

"It's too bad they don't sell Hooked on Phonics here. Worked wonders for Cragalanche."

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

"I can't hear youu!"

[forceofnature]

♪ ~Listen everybody I have something to tell,
To all you kids who are learning how to read and spell!
There's a lot of fancy letters in the alphabet,
But there isn't any reason to be gettin' upset!~ ♪

[misery_hates_company]

Hmm. Well this is interesting.

Misery floats in the stands, watching. She'd heard Anant was in the tournament, and certainly, there he is. With the... ah, yes, non-robot, wasn't it? Hmm. She's still a little annoyed about the wine incident, but this is probably her best opportunity to observe for herself Anant in a more contentious environment.

These things are important, after all.

SPECTATOR

[tyrantball]

Okay well Desco really, really, really wants to make sure she's heard, so she's just going to extend all of her tentacles to full length and SCREAM her message from all thirteen of her mouths.

"D̛̛Ę͟҉Ş̧̛͜C̨͜҉Ò̢̀ ̡͘͜͡I̶̧̨͘͢Ś̸̀͝͠ ̴̴́̀͞C̶͡Ḩ̴̡E҉̢͢͠Ȩ̧̛҉̸R̷̀I̷͘̕Ń̸͢Ǵ̵̵̨͡ ̧̢F̨̧̀̕͢O̧̨҉̷̡R̷̛̀͢ ̴̵Ỳ̢O̷̴U̶̸͘!̴̨ ̢͘͢ ̴̨̢͞Ẃ̶͡҉I̷͞N͜,̵̛́͟ ̢͏҉͘Ų҉̕͜N̴҉̶̴Ç̵̨͠L̨̨͡Ę͡ ͏̶̀O҉̶̵̛͡Ţ͘O͏̀H̵͘̕͟A̶͠!̧͟͜͏͝"

...um. Maybe she shouldn't be using her tentacular maws to cheer?

[bondsofsuffering]

Hizumi is watching in definite amusement when Anant and Dark Pit show up. He knows one better than the other, but he doesn't have any particular wish for a certain outcome. In the end, no matter who wins, it will be an entertaining match.

"What an interesting group!"

[all_wound_up]

Good luck, Kais!

[Nano is in the stands, cheering loudly and excitedly for her alien friend. She's also wearing the backpack he made for her for Christmas.]