destinystrings | The Duel's Rebirth

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The Duel's Rebirth

▼ Fighting Tournament

Who: Tournament Fighters and those who wish to watch them.
Where: Aries Arena & Televised
When: 22nd of March!
Summary: Let's bring back hope to the people...by beating the crap out of each other!
Warnings: D-D-DUELS!

▼ And now, back to you, Jay!

It wasn't the excitement of the Grand Prix that had occurred a year ago in January. Even if it had been over a year, it was something that most citizens would never forget.

But hope, it seemed, could never truly die. And so with the stadium finally rebuilt… and improved, came the question of when a new tournament should be organized. The answer: as soon as possible.

With most of its champions out of commission, and last year's winner dead… it fell to the Visitors to help with this monumental task.

Last minute preparations, and whispers of the Grand Prix happening this year had driven up the city into high spirits. For the ten warriors involved, it was quite a load on their shoulders. Five matches. Not a true Grand Prix, it was announced, but rather a demonstration, to get people excited again before it became a quarterly event as before.

What can they say? The show must go on. And the ratings must be high. Tonight depended on the Visitors. As did the security.

The entire place was filled with cheering spectators, surprisingly for a last-minute venue and the risks of last year repeating themselves. The time to get in had taken longer; now there was much more security walking around, a grim reminder of what had to be changed.

For those who couldn't attend the sold out event, the usual channels promised to stream the entire event life. Pay-per-view had extra side shows and cameras, interviews of normal civilians and asking them who they thought would win. Pubs were filled with rowdy after-work men and women passing sake around and drinking towards the future winners.

Gambling wasn't allowed… publicly. So naturally, it flourished underground. A few visitors were well known, but the newcomers faced lower odds; which meant a bigger payout should they win.

From their viewing box above the entire stadium, "Jay Queen" and "Bob Sternhammer", the two ringside announcers, excitedly begin the pre-game talk.

After all that's happened, what an amazing crowd today Jay! You can feel and hear the energy coming right off of 'em!"

"A stadium of ten thousand filled to the brim! The tickets were announced just a few days ago and looked at the thing, everyone's scrambling to be able to make it tonight!"

"Tonight's matches are sure to be interesting! Ten Visitors, along with a few usuals from last year warming up. This may not be a Grand Prix, but the crowd sure is actin' like it is."

"Can't blame 'em! Hinoto-Ri's future is looking better than ever, and this just proves we won't take this lyin' down. Now for those unlucky souls watching at home, we're gonna remind you of the few ground rules."

"Tonight's matches are primarily Visitors. Ten fighters, Five battles. Different skill levels. Seaside Dragoon, the new Arena chairman, is overseeing the entire affair himself."

"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 ensure 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."

"Turns are taken, each allowed only one command from their Personas, and one attack from a weapon of their choosing. Because this is a Visitor match, this weapon attack may be switched to a 'native' skill."

"Spells and items they had before coming to Hinoto-Ri basically! I've heard of things like Pocket Monsters myself..."

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

Someone walked the center of the stage, as the crowd began to scream.

"Ladies and Gentlemen. Last year's Grand Prix was a dark moment in our history. Instead of the national anthem this year, we have decided on a moment of silence for the victims, including last year's champion please..."

The feed went silent for a minute, panning to various crowd members. Everyone stood up. Some had closed eyes, others were crying.

Once the minute was done, the announcer blew a kiss towards the sky. The crowd followed his movement.

"AND NOW! THE MAIN EVENT!"

The sudden shouts shook the stadium, becoming louder and louder.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! THE HINOTO-RI ARENA TOURNAMENT IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE OTHERWORLDERS! A SERIES OF BATTLES WITH STRICT SET OF RULES TO SHOWCASE THE AMAZING ABILITIES OF HINOTO-RI'S HEROES!"

Dramatically, the announcer leaned in closer, raising his hand as the crowd's enthusiasm broke into an even louder frenzy.

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

"This is the start of a new era, Jay I can feel it!"

"I've never felt this much excitement before. Here's hoping that tonight's fighters are gonna give it their all! This is Bob and Jay live from the Otherworld Tournament!"

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[If your character wants to go around the stadium and just talk with people or make sure everything's looking good, this is the place to do it! Who knows who might show up. Mark if your threads are opened or closed.]

Edited 2014-03-23 00:09 (UTC)

BATTLE 1

Dressed up in their fighting best (no special fighting outfits for you today), 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!"

"Very little is known of both contestants, but word is one is a newcomer, and the other is a returning Visitor!"

"And what a way to say welcome back or just hello than to beat the crap out of each other! Wooo!"

"Calm down, Jay."

"Not to mention, one's a robot. You know what this means..."

"Featherman Parody?"

"No no… eye lasers! It's kinda like knife eye attacks… but better!"

"..."

"Oh and I guess rumors are she may be part of the people who saved the mayor a while ago…"

"But eye lasers, right?"

"RIGHT!"

"And the guy?"

"THAT'S A GUY?!?"

"..."

"Huh. Well he is. Didn't think, with that perfect hair and almost divine angelic grace…"

"Well word is he's been going around asking all sorts of strange questions."

"Like what?"

"You know the stuff that makes you wonder if he's a time traveler."

"..huh."

"But we have some information courtesy of Hinoto-Ri's fairies! According to them he's 'totally coool' and 'sooo dreamy' and 'like a total babe.'"

"I can't blame them."

"..."

"Why are you always so surprised, anyway?"

"You know...I don't know."

"Well, with both contestants mostly a mystery, it does promise to make this match exciting."

"Your first matchup tonight! From this corner! FROM OUT OF THIS WORLD, A ROBOT BUILT FOR BATTLE! Combat's Steel Chariot!"

As she rose upwards toward the stage, more fireworks filled the coliseum, echoing into the night sky. An image was being displayed on all the telescreens, the nickname overlapped in special effects.

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

"Aaaaaand....THEIR OPPONENT! FROM OUT OF THIS WORLD, THE HONORABLE SAMURAI! The Evanescent Blinking Star!"

From the other side of the stadium he rose, to the cheering crowd.

▲ 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 first battle, and it already promises to be interesting. Samurai vs Robots, it's like a manga over here!"

Both were raised into the air, the ring around them beginning to close, forming a metal mesh between all two, inside a very large area for their safety, but big enough for them to use all their skills. 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: Jonathan won the coin toss, so he goes first.]

Edited 2014-03-23 00:41 (UTC)

...Alright, exactly what kind of introduction is that? He would be burying his face in embarrassment now, if not for the fact someone else was waiting for him. (Angelic grace? They're kidding, right?)

He didn't even want to be here. He filled up the form, sure, but it was someone else who turned it in. He still arrived, it would be in bad taste not to, even though it technically wasn't his promise... but that announcer...

...Oh well. Okay, he's already kind-of used to Evokers. ...His robot contestant (???) hopefully wanted to be here, because he wants to do anything but beat up someone who's been forced into this.

Welp.

"Good day," he does greet her, maybe not a good decision. After their backs were faced- uh, ten steps, right- oh, the first one went first. Quickly, he jammed the Evoker to his head after the tenth step and summoned a-

"Samson!"

-Persona ripping a beast in half. That's certainly something...

"Tarujaka." Hell, if he's gonna fight, might as well try... it's not honorable to just give a half-effort if everyone's watching. Fighting for entertainment leaves a bad taste in his mouth, but he does pull out his Samurai sword and strike at MiRA's Persona, whatever it was.

Edited (GOD FUCKING DAMMIT HTML) 2014-03-23 08:27 (UTC)

MiRa had a few bones to pick with the announcers right off the bat. For one, her lasers didn't come out of her eyes. That would just be ridiculous. And how on earth were those rumors spreading?! Well, then again, she DID possess the key to that library. The higher-ups had probably already figured it out. So much for not disclosing one's identity to non-Riders. Well, right now, she was in her normal robot form, so no one would be able to point out the Justice Rider.

When Jonathan greeted her, she nodded and said back, "You'd better be prepared. I was designated as the combat unit for a reason." They took their steps, fired their Evokers... and Jonathan was first. Darn! She wasn't quite sure what attack it was using, but it wasn't anything that was directly coming at her. However, Jonathan himself presented a more pressing threat. She made the big, muscley-looking robot jump out of the way of Jonathan's slash (it was dang close, though), only to have it lunge towards Samson for a Bash attack. Mira generated one of her laser canons behind her and fired a blast towards the Persona, hoping to get a one-two punch.