Challenges

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Akuma jumps backwards into the kitchen once again throwing the second knife at Marv's chest and hides behind the wall away from the door.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Marv Ducks to the side, narrowly avoiding the knife. A malicious gleam twinkles in his eyes as he stalk towards Akuma giggling to himself.

"Come out, come out and play!"

Marv's arm leaks the white fluid which quickly hardens into a very sharp protrusion that drags along the ground making an ear-piercing screech.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Akuma pulls out and drinks a second potion before dropping the empty bottle and shifting her arm into its clawed state once again. She'd have to finish this in the next half-minute or she'd lose for sure.

As soon as Marv got close, Akuma jumped out clawing at his face and swinging her sword simultaneously from separate directions.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Marv is caught off guard and falls to the ground as he tries to recoil from the strikes.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Taking advantage as Marv falls to the ground, Akuma swings her blade at him as she rakes her claws across his body before swinging her blade at him yet again.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Marv throws up his forearms in defense, thick plates of quarts expand across them just in time to deflect the blade and claws. Before Akuma can land her second blow, Marv swing his heavy quartz fists back, slaming his elbows into the train's floor.

There is an awful sound of metal rending and a large portion of the train's floor collapses, taking Marv with it in a spray of sparks and metal. Akuma is left standing, battle ready in front of gaping hole in the train; the sound of the train clacking over the tracks fills the room.

A moment passes, then a large shard of quartz pierces the floor stabbing upwards. Then another. Then another. Marv is holding onto the bottom of the train car trying to reach Akuma through the floor.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

As the quartz pierces the floor, Akuma lets her claw turn back into its hand form, then moves around the hole in the floor. As soon as she gets around the hole, Akuma drops the last of the knives and hopes it strikes her foe.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

The sound of screeching metal is heard and the Quartz shard suddenly pulls backwards, cutting a deep gash in the floor before disappearing under it. Loud bumping and clanging is heard traveling down the car's length all the way to the back of the train's final car. There, a very beaten Marv manages to snag the end of the caboose's rail guard and hoist himself back onto the train.

He waves a white scrap of his now shredded shirt in the air.

(might as well end this on amiable terms)

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Akuma sees the "white flag" and warily calls out, "This is the end? I really hope it is."

[Marvelous Miscreant]

"I'm spent...no use in dying for a bounty...I concede,"  Marv calls back

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

"Alright then, agreed," Akuma calls back. "If we meet again, I hope it's on better terms."

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Marv nods then passes out.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

That was a fairly interesting fight. By my estimation, you took out more than 2/3rds of Akuma's health and used nearly 3/4ths of her resources.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

So...who's fighting who next?

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"I am." Calls out a voice into the undetermined space. A spotlight appears from nowhere, illuminating a tall man dressed well in red and white. His red hair is trimmed short to his head, and the sharp outlines of his face bring to mind a bird of prey. A cruel smile twisting on his face, he bows to yet unseen audiences.

"Sechs Rot, personal valet to the Jack of Dimonds of Cardstack. I do hope we can conduct ourselves like gentlemen."

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