New Beginning 22: Once Upon a New Beginning...

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

"This is a fight I can get behind." Maupin says, staring at the projection. She frowns. "Their form's off. They left themselves open twice, each." she says critically.

"Only to you, love." replies Load. "Only to you."

"But it was off, I could see two whole instances-"

"That only you could see."

"Maybe they could see to, without all that magic in the way."

"Always with the magic...."

"You use fancy tricks like that, you get a big head. You get a big head, there's less room for the fundamentals."

"You could beat them?" asks Sherman, astounded.

"At swordplay?" Maupin replies. "With my left hand. Harold, get closer!"

[Zaleramancer]

As he moved to the side, the blade sliced into and scratched his side. An explosion of pain wracked him.

Instinct took hold.

A wave of violence and death sprang from all sides of the mist towards Suzu as Amaros swung his sword backwards.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

His attack having thoroughly backfired, Brutus looks up in disbelief, just as the elemental fury finally begins to wane into something more bearable. It fades more, disappears at last, and Brutus manages to stagger to his feet.

Uttering a curse in Celadonian, he rubs his head and turns around slow, "Wha happened...?"

[Philote]

"A lot of sparring matches going on lately, I should join in also."

"Anyone want to test out their skills?" I ask leaving the question open to anyone who might be at Zale's arena.

[Zaleramancer]

A tall woman dressed in a snug black opera dress saunters up. From beneath a black parasol held in opera gloved hands she says..

"Good Efening, Hai am zee Lady Von Inge. Hai vould enjoy to battle viz you."

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

The sword and mist strikes Suzu's defenses, knocking her back a few centimetres, her weight alone preventing her from being knocked back too far as she forms spheres from her ki then releases them at Amaros, "B.L.A.Z.E. Blast!"

(The defenses are Regenaria and her weight which is well over 100 tons)

[The Narrator]

Wow, all these fights.....

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

I note the conversation occurring on the other side of the transmissions going in and out of the arena before cutting in, "Suzu isn't using magic. She's a mage-killer using a supernatural martial arts, one that's unfortunately while our strongest type has lost a part of its lore. It's called Combat Tech and uses ki for both soft palm and hard palm strikes."

[Zaleramancer]

"It's a decent way of passing time."

[Zaleramancer]

"Oh, why'd you have to go and do that. Takes all the fun out of things. And if Supernatural Martial Arts aren't magic, I don't know what is."

[Zaleramancer]

(She honestly shouldn't even be moving with that much weight.)

Amaros drifted away with a limping sort of air, bits of lighting and floating orbs blocking the ki-spheres.

"My chances of beating you in my current form are slim to none. It was a nice match, I guess, but one for which I am sorely under-qualified."

[The Narrator]

Ohhhh!  All these people fighting.....


Who wants to battle me?!

[Marvelous Miscreant]

"As I've mentioned before, I'm always open to a fight"

[The Narrator]

Thanks, 

Derek Areson Haynes 

On Mar 11, 2013, at 1:30 PM, "Marv the Mad-Hat [via Superpower List Forum]" <[hidden email]> wrote:

"As I've mentioned before, I'm always open to a fight"

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[The Narrator]

"Well I hope you know", I say putting on my gloves, "that I haven't had a almost decent battle since the last time I encountered Penultimate.   So forgive me for begin rusty."  

I behind down and lace up my boots.  "You ready?"  

[Philote]

"Ah, Hello, one of Zale's colleagues?" I say

"A couple of points before we begin. I don't know what your power level is but I don't plan on going full power as I practice with some of the different aspects of my abilities, so if you can push me up to my Ultimate Form we will call it a good match. Also, I plan on fighting with an A.I. but hopefully that won't dissuade you from participating. If you still want a match, then you can lead me to an open arena."

[The Narrator]

I check my phone.

*is he talking to me *I think

[Zaleramancer]

"Hai am a vinancial backer and kolleague, yez. " She pondered, "My pover lefel."

A snap of her fingers and a small crackling minion folded out of the air.

<Query?>

"Zee lefelz of pover and our respectife rankingz."

<Levels range from Omega to Alpha. Philote, controller of Philotes, Classification: Omega. Lady Von Inge ... Juliane, Great Attractor, Classification: Psi.>

"Zank you. Hai zink ve chall do just fine, Master Philote."

She turned and began walking into a hallway.

"Zis way Master Philote."

(Sorry for the delay. Her accent is rather hard to translate things into.)

[Philote]

"Lead on" I say as I materialize Halo and rest it on my shoulder.

"Psi, so a rank lower. I'll have to check with Zale and see how he does these ranking classifications." (Thanks to a quick google search of the greek alphabet)

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This is the original sword that I based the shape of Halo on:

Though Halo is pure white and has a slightly altered hilt.

[Zaleramancer]

A door opened as she approached.
 
She gestured down one hallway.

"Zhiz hal vor you.."

The Lady glanced at the other.

"..Zand Zhiz one vor me."