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Round 3: Clash of Obsidian [Alicia vs. Iko]
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Post by Spire on Apr 12, 2018 7:08:31 GMT
The crowds were growing larger now. The excitement of the tournament as it advanced further had drawn the attention of many more digimon. Of course, as the fighting grew more intense, the protective barrier around the audience had held, for now. "Alright, it's here, folks, Round 3 of the Grand 2018 Tournament!" Bellamy the commentator announced. "Been an intense one so far and our next two competitors certainly won't stop bein' intense from what I've seen of em!""Yep, so without further ado, let's bring them out!" Luke the other commentator continued. "From the East Wing we have the Spirit User Alicia Westfield and her terrifying Metal Dragon spirits!""And from the West Wing we have the return of Luke Destro and his partner Iko, the wolf warrior!""When both players are ready, proceed with the battle!"
We should know the drill by now, but here's the rules anyway. 1. Post within a week of it being your turn, otherwise you will concede the match to the other player. 2. Do not kill your opponent, aim to knock them out. 3. No targeting Luke and no cards. 4. No digivolving beyond what your opponent is capable of. 5. This match is non-canon, so don't worry about where this is in your characters' stories. 6. Please don't attack on your first post. This post is meant for introductions. You may begin the fight on your 2nd post. I have flipped a coin, and it will seem Alicia has the first post. Alicia Westfield darkblade
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Post by Alicia Westfield on Apr 14, 2018 14:57:27 GMT
”You sure you’re not shaken up at all? Much as I joked about it, I was quite scared at the end there...” Kisara commented off hand as Alicia readied herself for her third match. She was undefeated so far, but only barely. The last match had ended in a tense period of silence, with the judge’s having to deliberate for a significant time in order to decide who had performed better.
A hair’s breadth had separated victory from defeat in that moment. One more solid blow or clever move from Ban would’ve seen him stepping into the arena at this moment instead of her. But this was no time to be shaken by ‘what if’s.
“I underestimated him at one single critical moment, and I nearly paid for it. That’s all that happened. I’ll be more on guard as the tournament progresses.” Alicia assured the ice maiden, smiling softly. Her current opponent had forms unlocked beyond her effective level, meaning she had free reign between what was her three strongest forms at the time. Which one was best suited against this opponent? At least to begin with, since she would probably change somewhere down the line.
“Radiance of the sun, embodied in the queen of the skies. Now embrace the brilliant Steel and take flight! Beast Spirit Evolution!” Her side was filled with a brilliant rainbow light as she armored up as heavily as she could, preparing for the potential of an extended fight. If what she’d caught of his battle with Elliot was accurate, he was one who wanted to end his fights as quickly as possible. Dragging things out, nullifying his attacks where she could, these things would help her wear him down until she could take him down.
“Metalumindramon!” At least, that was the opening game plan. But as any fighter knew, the plan never survived contact with the enemy. Fine by her, at least. She could likely keep Iko on his toes.
“Best of luck to you.” the armored dragon called to her next opponent graciously. Arrogance was a terrible thing after all. It blinded one to their opponent’s strengths. And if you were blind in this kind of battle? Well, it would already be over.
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Post by darkblade on Apr 14, 2018 15:39:06 GMT
Finally, the third round of matches were finally underway. After his showing against Elliot's Sandiramon, the Ankomon was no longer known as 'that Digimon that got along with a bye', but rather as another full fighter in this tournament. This was both a blessing and a curse: the more he progressed, the more eyes the wolf would have on him going forward.
"Well... guess this is your show again, eh?" As Luke gave a chuckle at the sidelines, Iko simply gave a wave over his shoulder, giving a single smirk back. True, the tamer could do little more than provide his form in this sort of setting, but that was just the breaks. Stepping up into the ring, seeing Alicia stand opposite him, Iko gave a nod.
Ultimate cap, and first move to her. Alright. Iko's Digivolution was far less pronounced, a swirl of black flames shooting up from his feet past his head, quickly donning the golden armor of Shaininmon. Briefly, he took a glance at his opponent, a rather imposing dragon with shining scales and gemstones adorning.
"Same to you. Gold versus jewels, huh? Not quite the theme I espected, but..." Briefly cracking his knuckles, Iko took a rather simple pose, right side forward and weight on his front foot. Proper poses meant little against an opponent of the dragon's size, but it couldn't be helped.
And soon, that starting whistle rang through the air!
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Post by Alicia Westfield on Apr 16, 2018 16:15:00 GMT
Alicia hummed softly and turned to the side, starting to run to build momentum once the fight had begun. With a heavy beat of her four wings and a leap, the armored dragon was airborne. Since she was given the opening attack once again, she decided to open as she had against Lady Beverly. Tail spines began to shimmer and glow. And with a flicks of her tail, she flung the heated spikes of Steel at Iko.
“Radiant Steel!” It was a simple enough starter, and didn’t take much energy to fire off. She was curious though, would she be able to catch Iko with her meteor attack like she had in round one? Was it even a good idea to do so? Iko was a much different opponent, and with his last match as proof, he’d almost certainly level as much aggression as possible at her.
It would be an interesting fight, one way or another. Perhaps she should consider delving into the darkness herself this fight...? Options, options... A pity her advisors were holding their tongues for this tournament with regards to giving advice. She figured she’d miss it as much this match as she had the last two...
Battle Log:
Simple opening. Alicia takes to the skies and launches a burst of Radiant Steel at Iko to start things off.
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Post by darkblade on Apr 16, 2018 22:44:27 GMT
Using every advantage she can get, I see.
With the unfortunate fact that Alicia had the first move, the steel spirit had the ability to set the pace in this fight - and she did just that, taking flight in the first few moments of the fight. Iko would have done the same, given the opportunity - whoever had the aerial advantage in this exchange could quite easily set the pace going forward. Iko wasn't just going to stay still, though: as glowing spikes appeared at the end of Metalumindramon's tail, the Shaininmon grit his teeth under that helmet, and ducked low, giving a sprint inward. The spikes would swing out, digging into the arena floor behind Iko, as the wolf made a dash to cross underneath the comparatively massive target - from left to right, across Alicia's wingspan.
Iko's reasoning was simple: in the air, any effort to turn would take quite a bit of effort, and the Shaininmon was going to take any advantage he could - including the fact that Alicia's ascent into the sky increased the size of her shadow! Sorry - I won't just hand the sky over to you!
If Shaininmon could cut underneath, then he would be standing directly within Alicia's shadow: raising a single arm upward, the shadow's color would turn from its normal gray to an inky black, and extend straight upward in the form of dark, shadowy cables! His intent was simple: to have these 'Dark Tendrils' grasp right across Alicia's back and wings, and drag the metallic dragon straight back to the ground with a resounding bang! Iko gave no verbal command, but beneath, these tendrils shot up, intent to snare right around the middle of the dragon's torso!
Log:
Iko cuts underneath Metalumindramon to run inside the tail's arc, so the projectiles land behind him. In his dodge, he tries to run across Alicia's shadow. Provided he can, he extends an arm up, and commands 'Dark Tendrils' to attempt to snag the dragon out of the sky.
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Post by Alicia Westfield on Apr 22, 2018 0:07:02 GMT
As anticipated, the Radiant Steel was evaded by the extremely swift wolf Digimon. She needed to figure out how to make that a more effective attack... maybe figuring out if she could charge it? A thicker cluster of shots or a higher “missile speed” would make the attack more capable of actually connecting with its target at range...
Well, she had other things to worry about at the moment. Like how Iko went right for her shadow to increase effective power of his Dark Tendrils, That we’re now lashing out and seeking her figure. She really intended to stay in this form for longer than a turn, but oh well. She wasn’t about to allow herself to be tied down and crushed.
“Ever flowing, ever changing, my soul is Steel in its most malleable form! Slide evolution!” With the chant uttered her armor shimmered and broke away mid flight, dispersing shortly there after. That released the bearer of Steel’s most widely used Ultimate form, the flowing mass of liquid metal that coalesced back into a draconian shape. “Mercurialdramon!”
It didn’t stop the tendrils from coming after her, in fact they had nearly reached her while she was transforming. The problem for Iko was, however, that they didn’t matter one bit anymore. Alicia’s now fluid body warped and twisted at otherwise impossible angles, only letting the tendrils graze her for moments at best before she slipped away, her body mass bulking up again as she circled around.
If Iko wanted to take air superiority away from her, he’d have to come up to her and strike her hard enough to cast her from the skies personally. She wasn’t about to give him any ground unless he fought tooth and nail for it.
Battle Log:
Alicia changes forms, becoming Mercurialdramon in the face of the dark tendrils.
With her Amorphous form, she weaves and contorts out of the tendrils’ grasp, taking only negligible damage from burning due to brief contact with them.
She continues circling overhead, and is diverting her mass to a power boost in preparation of her chance to strike back.
Amorphous Form effects: Power: ^ Defense: — Speed: —
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Post by darkblade on Apr 22, 2018 1:55:35 GMT
Well, the Dark Tendrils would matter more than Alicia might have liked - just because they didn't get an initial grip around the opponent, didn't mean that they would dissipate for their failure. The number and mass of the shadow he had assumed had belonged to the much more massive Metalumindramon - and as such, she had that entire mass of shadows sprawling underneath her form. Though they may have found a way to initially weave their way through, all the Shaininmon had to do was shift his focus slightly.
His efforts were rewarded with two things: light contact against the Mecurialdramon's form, and a full nest of tendrils between himself and the target. The armored wolf carefully analyzed her movements - she was currently observing from a distance? Fine with him - the longer time was on his side, the worse this was going to get for Alicia.
Rather than press into this unknown enemy, Iko instead decided to make his own preparations. First, shadowy wings erupted from Iko's back, the wolf pulling himself just a few inches of the arena floor. Second, the green lines on the outside of his arms gave a brief glow, three sections of his 'Crescent Whip' appearing from the edge of both of his wrists. Aside from that, the Ankomon kept his focus forward, cracking his knuckles.
The crowd might not have liked it, but with a slight lead already, Iko wasn't the one who had to press in!
Log:
Iko, seeing the transformed steel spirit, maintains his distance. The Dark Tendrils remain suspended in the space between Alicia and Iko, preventing a headlong approach and reducing lines of sight.
Iko readies his passive 'Darkness Wings', and carries himself about two inches off the ground. He readies 'Crescent Blades', three sections dangling off of each wrist.
Dark Tendrils Duration: 2/3
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Post by Alicia Westfield on Apr 22, 2018 2:30:58 GMT
Alicia huffed softly as the tendrils continued to frustrate things by interposing themselves between her and Iko. And the wolf appeared to be preparing some kind of offensive for a later time, her sharp eyes spotting the forming blades. She wasn’t too worried about them, not yet at least, as unless they replicated endlessly she would always have the advantage in range in this form on him. They did have a nasty tendency of complicating matters though, or at least she suspected.
A turtle strategy wasn’t exactly something she expected from him though. He seemed to be a low stamina blitzkrieg style fighter. Maybe he felt comfortable with all these tendrils between them? Thinking she’d have to make a huge, obvious swoop around in order to come after him, giving him plenty of time to react?
Well... she’d just have to make him rather... uncomfortable in short order. Spikes started to bristle over her body as she shifted and adjusted herself, hovering for a second. Then she quickly ballooned her wings and beat them hard to launch herself at Iko directly, by way through the tendrils in question. Half a second later, she had compressed her body down into a thin and spiky lance. That had been done in case reducing her shadow’s size by such a drastic extent would have a deleterious effect on the number of tendrils.
Regardless, she twisted her main body like a drill, using her former spikes to deflect tendrils that would try to close around her, reducing contact time as much as she possibly could. It still resulted in some burns on her, but hardly anything to be worried about yet. With any luck, suddenly bearing down on the wolf Digimon through his screen on tendrils would catch him off guard as she coiled up.
“Fright Burst!”
Those spikes she’d used defensively now erupted forward at high speed, a spiky wave of pain coming at him with all the force Alicia could muster in the time she charged at him.
Battle Log:
Alicia turns and charges through the screen of Dark tendrils, spiraling tightly and rapidly with spikes over her body as miniature “blades” to bat away any tendrils that get close, minimizing contact again.
She then attacks with her Fright Burst, blasting the spikes outward at Iko at high speeds, increased further because she’s still being carried by her charging momentum until her spikes get embedded into the ground.
Fright Burst CD: 0/1
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Post by darkblade on Apr 22, 2018 2:55:52 GMT
It wasn't that Iko didn't want to get in for a close fight - but just how was he supposed to fight something like that, an amorphous beast who could maintain the high ground, and even dodge through something as complex as the Dark Tendrils? The Shaininmon had a plan, but it was one that required him to keep distance.
This would be much easier if I could take the high ground, but as it stands, I'm a half-move behind... And to get a weapon fast and flexible enough to deal with the Mercurialdramon's enhanced form, he figured he would need at least nine, if not twelve, blades dangling from each wrist. For now, all the wolf had to do was focus on the tendrils and movement, creating more blades whenever possible.
And it seemed that Alicia was about to make her move. Suspended in the sky, it was quite easy to see her transformation: slowly, Iko settled his feet onto the ground, tensing his wings around himself. Even as the Dark Tendrils encroached, the Mercurialdramon showed her own caution, pushing away at the shadows around her with spikes. Of course, she soon expanded her form - and then took that of a lance, pushing right through the Tendrils to attempt to pierce through Iko's position...
... To which Iko pushed hard off the ground, propelling himself several yards into the air! With that level of power and momentum, it would be likely that Alicia would hit the floor of the arena with some amount of force - but regardless, Iko's jump would push him up, a beat of his wings assuring that he simply didn't fall back down. A green glint once more appeared at his wrists, three more blades dangling from each to reach a total of six sections.
Iko was quick to turn and face Alicia's position at that. With the tendrils as they are, there's only a few ways she could have attacked...
He had already planned to buy time and dodge as necessary, but this likely worked out much better than Iko could have imagined. One simple shift gave him the altitude advantage!
That said, those very tendrils would start to fade a moment later.
Log:
With Alicia shying away from the Dark Tendrils, Iko would attempt to use those tendrils to, at the very least, goad Alicia into a certain angle of attack. Regardless, Iko would press off the arena floor, and propel himself further into the air, another layer of 'Crescent Whip' added onto the first.
Crescent Whip Blades: 6/15 Dark Tendrils Duration: 3/3
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Post by Alicia Westfield on Apr 26, 2018 3:07:43 GMT
Unfortunately, she seemed to have underestimated his speed of thought... That or she was mistaken on his thought process. He managed to escape her assault as she got temporarily lodged into the ground via her spikes. Craning her head up to look at him, she furrowed her eyebrows together as she sat there suspended. How to proceed from this point...? With his blades getting a bit distressingly long she should consider shifting to a more defensive or evasive formation soon... Her strength only helped if she was able to land a hit, and so far she had been unable to so much as graze him.
But while her strength lasted, she should try to press on him to the best of her ability. So she decided to mix it up a bit. Her spikes softened and she used them with a whipping motion to launch her body straight up, twisting her figure like a kind of “twister” . She was keeping her distance, because she could stretch far enough to hit him, so she was going to make it as hard to utilize those blades as she could.
“Mercurial Divider!” A thin blade formed and extended to great lengths on each wrist as she suddenly ‘snapped’ to her normal figure, uncoiling rapidly and as a result whipping those blades through the air on a horizontal axis from her. Even as her body moved so violently, her amorphous nature let her never lose sight of him in the attack, tracking him to the best of her ability. She was doing everything she could to make sure he couldn’t try ambushing her.
If Iko had looked at her first match, he might remember this was the attack that pretty much won her that match against the unprepared Lady Beverly... It was not an attack he could afford to take lightly.
Battle Log:
Alicia slingshots herself back into the air using the spikes embedded into the ground from Fright Burst last turn. As she does, she tightly coils her body in preparation.
She then whips around, activating her Mercurial Divider to slice up anything she passes by on ascent, going out of her way to try and catch Iko with it do to the extreme range she can extend the blades to.
Fright Burst is available next turn. Mercurial Divider CD: 0/2
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Post by darkblade on Apr 26, 2018 22:18:35 GMT
It wasn't the speed of thought that put Iko in his current position, but rather his ability to think ahead. Mercurialdramon had already proven herself a tricky opponent to lock down: against a wide-range attack such as the Dark Tendrils, Alicia had managed to move through with relative ease. He'd already deduced that straight-line attacks, such as Lunar Ray or any array of physical strikes, were going to be pointless against this amorphous beast.
In fact, the only attack I have that can put a decent amount of damage into her is Armor Weapon. Well... usually.
As Alicia regained her bearings, freeing herself from the prior 'Fright Burst', the Shaininmon expended a third burst of energy into his arms, giving himself nine blades extending from each of his wrists. From his new perch in the air, Iko carefully analyzed the spirit user's movement. She was using the fallen spikes as poles for a makeshift slingshot?
Well, I'll give you points for creativity, I suppose. With a grin unseen under that helmet, Iko drew his right foot back, that same arm tensing up, as the whip dangling below began to swing. It may had been dangerous, yes...
... But this was the only point where Iko was certain where Alicia was going to be next! As soon as Alicia started to move, Iko swung that right hand upward in an arc, and met with his left hand, traveling down-to-up in the same matter, the two meeting in a resounding 'clap'.
Of course, this was just a means to an end: as fast as that motion was, the chain of blades dangling from Iko's wrists would be moving even faster: in a vertical axis, the blades from his right hand would be barrelling straight down towards Alicia's top side, aiming just to the right of her center of mass. Below, the set of blades from his left arm would arc up towards Alicia's bottom side, aiming just to the left of her center.
A 'stab' was pointless against Alicia - but like this, Iko intended to sever straight through that metallic form. And it wouldn't just be a straight cut - should the attack slip through as intended (or even if Alicia would skirt off to the side), Iko would then throw his arms out to the side, directing the two whips to take a 90 degree turn and exit through the left and right of the metallic pile, intent on outright scattering her form to the four winds!
Of course, the Shaininmon meant this as a 'boxing counter': the very real danger of the Mercurial Divider approached, and should Alicia somehow find a way to slip through this attack, the wolf would be forced to try and use the armor of his left shoulder to tank the hit!
Log:
The Dark Tendrils fully vanish, and as Alicia prepares her approach, Iko adds another layer of 'Crescent Whip'. Seeing the set-up for Alicia's slingshot, Iko positions himself in mid-air - timing with Alicia's point of launch, the wolf brings his two whips up-and-down in an attempt to slice through Mercurialdramon like a pair of scissors, turning the blades 90 degrees at the center as a means to either screen Alicia's likely path to dodge or to sever Mercurialdramon's forms into several liquid pieces (or at the very least, four).
Dark Tendrils Cooldown: 0/1 Crescent Blades: 9ft/15ft
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Post by Alicia Westfield on May 4, 2018 0:33:51 GMT
Well, this was an awkward spot. Alicia growled out a bit as the arm blades of her foe extended three more “links”... She had underestimated just how far they could grow and now what she thought was a safe zone was now in danger. And Iko launched a counter attack, aiming to deal significant damage to her to break her own assault.
Hers came from the horizontal angles, and his from the verticals. And in fact their attacks were very similar... she had to immediately weigh the pros and cons of each of her options.
Given what happened last round, though? She wasn’t about to risk losing to judge decision if she didn’t have to. The mercurial dragon aborted her own slashes, snapping one blade up and the other down, creating a clash of power that knocked all four weapons off course. She burned her own powerful attack, but he’d been charging his for a bit longer than hers would be down for. Still, she wasn’t entirely sure if they blades would break after the clash.
Keeping an eye on them, she acted under the assumption the blades would remain. With that in mind she adjusted her form, the bulky sculpted form fading away and turning sleeker as she sacrificed the power boost that went to waste for speed. At the same time, she launched her counter.
“Scalding Metal!” With that cry, Alicia looses a four of boiling mercury at Iko, aiming to coat the wolf with it super heated metal. Still, such a straight forward attack would probably be easy to dodge. So she prepared to meet his evasion with the attempt of following that up with a super close range attack. Her Fright Burst was ready again, and if he wasn’t anticipating it she might catch him off guard.
So, with the four of Scalding Metal veiling her approaches, she closed the distance behind her attack, and prepared for the next exchange. Truly, this opponent was proving much harder to predict than Ban was... she’d need to try a lot harder to get a step ahead of him...
Battle Log
Alicia pulls her Mercurial Divider from last turn back and deflects Iko’s Crescent Blades with them, resulting in no damage whatsoever to both fighters from the exchange.
She changes her Amorphous Form to a speed-focused design in anticipation of the Crescent Blades continuing to be problematic, than launches Scalding Metal at him.
Finally, she closes the distance, trying to hide behind the aforementioned ranged attack to catch him by surprise.
Amorphous Form effects: Power: — Defense: — Speed: ^ Mercurial Divider CD 1/2
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Post by darkblade on May 4, 2018 23:18:52 GMT
Wait... Alicia moved to block that? This blob-business is more annoying than I thought it to be. But more to the point? Shaininmon had Mercurialdramon on the back foot. Alicia's redirected Mercurial Divider was enough to parry the Crescent Whip, but not enough to outright destroy it. Rather, they simply recoiled back like a heavy chain, giving her a reason to fear attacks coming in front the left and the right. Should the mercurial dragon have tried to slip away, the blades would have been right at her tail, and at the very edge of the whip, more than fast enough to catch up with even Alicia's increased speed.
Of course, Alicia didn't do that. Standing her ground - and changing form - Alicia prepared a relatively close-range burst. A projectile made of some sort of liquid metal? Tch! It would have been a simple matter to beat his wings, and kick further up into the air - but what would have been the point of that, other than surrendering forward momentum to the spirit wielder?
No: under his visor, Iko grit his teeth, and spread his arms out. He took but one beat of his wings, not to fully dodge, but to direct the blast entirely to the chest-piece of his armor. Yes, it hurt, quickly searing into the metal - but Iko knew this attack couldn't do immediate significant damage, thanks to his metal plating. As Iko positioned himself, the Crescent Blades at his wrist again gave a pulse, three more blades dangling off of each wrist.
Iko kept his attention forward: he had not seen Alicia. Either she was right behind that projectile, or she had backed up straight backwards. In either case, Iko's reaction was the same: the moment that metal neared his chest, Iko once more brought his arms together, this time crossing his right over his left, in front of his chest. The blades would respond, whipping back around to cut through Alicia's supposed position from the left and right - and at their current length, should they hit, they would also start to wrap around the target in a lacerating grip!
Under that visor, he winced in pain, but kept his focus entirely forward, refusing to close his eyes for a second!
Log:
Dark Tendrils Cooldown: Available Next Turn Due to 'Piercing Vision', Iko's eyesight is unaffected by the luminescence of the blazing mercury. Crescent Whip Length: 12ft/15ft
Crescent Whip clashes with Mercurial Divider, bouncing the attack off to the sides. As Alicia fires her molten blast, Iko performs minimal movement to brace the attack against his chest. Conjuring one more use of Crescent Whip, he brings his arms in front as that metal collides with his chest, fully bracing himself for the damage.
As a result, the Crescent Whip cuts in from the left and the right, to the area Alicia would be occupying behind her projectile - Iko assuming the target location as he had not seen her move away from there.
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Post by Alicia Westfield on May 11, 2018 10:01:09 GMT
The Mercurialdramon snarled as the Crescent Whips remained in play. Would she have to specifically devote an attack to destroying them? That would be frustrating to no end. If it wasn’t for her current form’s ludicrous mobility, she might’ve even called him out on such a powerful and enduring attack. As it was? It would be a pot and kettle situation, and she had no desire to be called out on being the pot.
And it seemed she made the right call in pressing forward rather than retreating back. Three more links on each whip... they would’ve caught her had she retreated. As it was, the whips trying to coil around her had a somewhat noticeable lag time from how long they were and how close in she was. Fortunately for her, she was able to follow the shot of boiling mercury very closely with her speed. It resulted in her being right on top of him as soon as he allowed it to connect, and she grabbed his shoulders and swung herself up and over, slamming her back into his.
His shadow wings would likely be able to move just fine, and she had shifted her own wings so she could maintain her own flight. Iko would likely have to abandon the inward wrap of the Crescent Whips, as otherwise he’ll wind up wrapped up in it as well to try and catch her in this set up, and he knew she could slip out of just about anything. Unless he had some kind of burst attack of his own and fancied using it, this position purely favored her.
She could understand his thought process. If he moved to avoid the attack coming at him, without knowing where she was, he could potentially be sacrificing his advantage in momentum to her. As he would see now though, not moving wasn’t that great an idea either. By letting her get so close, he basically guaranteed that he would be hit by the refreshed Fright Burst. And it wasn’t like she could be shaken off, given her body’s nature currently.
“Fright Burst.” Of course, even if he did continue with the Crescent Whips, Fright Burst’s nature would make it difficult to actually strike her through all her spikes. The liquid dragon coiled up and exploded into a ball of sharp needles.
If this were truly a game of chess, she might’ve even joked with a quip of ‘Check, your move.’ Alas, she was quite serious in this fight. She’d leave actually uttering jokes to her advisors should they deign to speak up.
Battle Log:
Alicia grabs hold of Iko’s shoulders as soon as the Scalding Metal connects, and vaults herself over to end up back-to-back with him, out of the initial scissoring area of the Crescent Whips.
She unleashes her Fright Burst again while pressed up against his back, leaving minimal reaction time.
Mercurial Divider is available next turn Fright Burst CD: 0/1
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Post by darkblade on May 11, 2018 23:09:37 GMT
At a glance, it might have seemed that Iko had made quite a critical error. At such a juncture, it wasn't hard for Alicia to build up momentum behind the veil of the scalding mercury, to try and slip behind the Shaininmon... but then again, wasn't this still what he intended?
His back was facing her's, but from what Iko had seen, the definition of what a 'front' was to Mercurialdramon was questionable. That didn't matter: feeling the weight right against his back, his wings still suspended in midair, he gave a 'tch'. Outwardly, he knew she had the advantage. However, the Crescent Whip had still done its job:
In trying to defend so hard against one technique, Alicia had walked right into the most effective range of another - one that Iko had already figured would have been far more effective than Crescent Whip. Drawing his arms to the side, letting the whips snap backwards, Iko let out his own declaration:
"Armor Weapon!"
At those words, Iko's armor seemingly began to shift, the back of his armor taking quite a 'bumpy' texture. Barely a moment later, his armor would propel itself away in several jagged 'bullets', aiming to sink and tear into that shrinking sphere! The technique was remarkably similar to fright burst, but Iko didn't have the disadvantage of needing to brace himself to use it: though the blades would never reach in time, this point-blank shotgun blast of golden bullets might even catch Alicia in mid-cast of her attack.
Better yet, by using the back of his torso piece for this, Iko's chest-piece would come cleanly off, that burning mass of mercury mercifully separated away from his chest. At the very least, Iko though, the force of the attack should force Alicia away...
... If not outright scatter her metallic-liquid body!
Log:
Caught in Alicia's grapple, Iko feigns use of his blades, and uses 'Armor Weapon' at point blank, using the pressure in his back to aim a shotgun of wide, golden bullets towards the metallic body.
As a consqeuence - and a benefit - the chest piece falls away, the heated armor separating from his chest. He retains the leg and arm pieces.
Crescent Whip remains at 12ft/15ft
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