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The Virtual Tournament - Round 3 - Worn Heart [3]
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Post by Vergil on Nov 9, 2019 17:20:10 GMT
As Gummy's attack landed, the Arresterdramon couldn't help but feel a bit of satisfaction. So far, all three of them were getting pretty banged up, but the twins still had plenty of fight left in them. They weren't going to give up without giving Owen the fight of his life. Sure, compared to Owen, they were like spring chickens--kids with immense powers that have yet to fully tap in to. But nonetheless, they were still intrigued with what they were capable of and far they can go. That thought would have to wait, as the twin's pincer attack suddenly took a 180° from their favor. Owen would swiftly grabbed the base Gummy's tail, swinging him around with the aid of his jet pack as Vee's Dragon Impulse was inching closer and closer. To make it even worse, Owen would grasp him by the neck in a chokehold manner to hold him into position. This was bad. Owen got him grappled in two places, and not only that, he was staring to get dizzy. He thought about using either Crimson Bolide or Ombra to detonate his brother's attack so it wouldn't impact him, but with the situation, he would either miss, or accidently hit Vee. Seeing as though he was going to take this attack, Gummy, in desperation, would open his mouth, biting down on Owen's arm as hard as he could while also using his sharp claws to penerate Owen's skin; all in the vain that he might release him. The attack would impact, engulfing Gummy in a huge explosion, shaking the entire arena. The flames below would be swiftly blown out from the sheer wind brust of the explosion Vee's eyes widen in shock and horror as he watched his brother fall to the ground, reeling in pain. Anger started to overtake the AreoVeedramon, as he was visibly shaking. Gummy wasn't out for the count, but the thought of him accidently hurting his brother threw his mind into a loop.He looked up to Owen, his eyes flaring up in fury. "You bastard!" Vee yelled out. The twin energy blades would materialized on his wrist as he threw himself at Owen once more. He raised two of his blade up high, attempting to slash at Owen in an 80° diagonal angle on each side of his chest, aiming at his sphere marker. Combat Log:Gummy gets caught in Owen's grip as a result of him being carless. In desperation, Gummy would bite down hard on Owen's arm around his neck while sinking his claws deep into his arm as well. Gummy takes to full impact of Dragon's Impulse, sending him crashing into the ground in pain.Gummy takes 30% reduced damage due to his combat passive: Dragon's Armor.
Combat Passive:Dragon's Armor - Gummy's rubberized battle armor is very durable, giving him a 30% defensive boost against projectiles attacks. Furious, Vee flies straight at Owen, using his Twisted Sabers to slice Owen diagonally while also targeting sphere marker.Twister Saber — Summons energy blades on his wrist and slashes at the opponent rapidly; the blades being strong enough to cute through steel. Cooldown/s:"I'm Getting Excited": 2/3 +1 due to Owen's Howling Cannon
Wind Guardian: 2/2 +1 due to Owen's Howling Cannon.
Dragon Impulse: 1/3.Crimson Bolide: 2/3. Archivolt: 1/1; ready for use.
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Post by Owen on Nov 10, 2019 23:10:25 GMT
As Owen thought, Gummy would thrash to try and break free, making him grunt from pain as he was scratched in several places. Owen panted from the effort, was hurting, but refused to show weakness here. His efforts had clearly angered Vee. And soon he would be counter-attacking. In that time, Owen howled and his eyes turned red, the flames from his jetpacks glowing more intensely.
Owen understood Vee's anger. If someone held someone he cared about in front of them to block his attack, he'd be furious too. But he needed to use this fury against them. He was still outnumbered here, and the damage he was sustaining was starting to become a little too much. He would have to use his speed here and not remain a sitting duck.
Thus, he used his increased speed to keep out of range of Vee's attacks, all the while making the flames from his jetpack burst with a near explosive force, sending a blast of fire into Vee's face if he attempted to match his pace, while at the same time preventing him from getting a solid aim if he got near enough to strike.
This was one of the situations that reminded Owen how much he disliked fighting. But he'd have to use every trick in the book to get the better of these two. He continued to fly around the cave, not staying in the one position, making himself as hard to target as possible.
Owen uses Lunatic High on himself.
Lunatic High - Owen howls wildly, unleashing the power of the Nature Spirit within. For 3 turns, his strength and speed are increased by 30%, at the cost of him growing a very 'berserker' style mentality where he has to make efforts to stop attacking. [Cooldown: 3 turns].
Owen speeds up around the cave to attempt to remain out of range with Vee, using Jet Flamethrower to dissuade him from getting close enough to attack. He then maneuvers himself around the cave to prevent them being able to get a lock on him as he readies his next attack.
[RAM Upgrade] Jet Flamethrower: Owen switches his jets' mode from propulsion to attacking. He aims the nozzles of his jetpack forward and unleashes a blast of hot fire, causing area-of-effect damage to targets standing within 20m of where he is aiming. [Cooldown: 1 turn]
Lunatic High Duration: 1/3 turns. [+30% Speed and Attack power] Emergency Bolster Cooldown: 2/3 turns. Wild Onslaught Cooldown: 2/3 turns. Jet Flamethrower Cooldown: 0/1 turns.
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Post by Vergil on Nov 12, 2019 6:48:47 GMT
Justice's brow lifted with concern at what just happened and how Vee was reacting to it. Vee had a gentle spirit, yes, but even a spirit as pure as his can become tainted when enough buttons were pushed. It only happened once before, when Gummy was critically injured by Tadayoshi's Commandramon. He was so enraged that he was brushing off injuries that he'd sustained, only focusing on plummeting the cyborg Digimon to the point where he could no longer stand. This situation, although not as serve as back, was no different. Owen zipped around the cave at rapid speeds, avoiding Vee's dual slice attack from his sabers, but the AreoVeedramon didn't stopped there. Instead of keeping his distance, he continued to charge at Owen, flying at high speeds, roaring at him. If it wasn't clear to Owen, and Gummy who was slowly starting to recover from his brother's blast, Vee had reached the zenith of anger. And this would begin to show as when Owen used to nozzles of his jetpack once more to spew a wave of fire, Vee would respond by charging through it, ignoring the danger of the attack and taking flame damage through his face and upper shoulders as a result. Close to him, he extended his arms wide and grappled him. Holding the MachGaogamon tight, Vee stopped his wings from flapping and begun to dive downwards, aiming to send Owen headfirst into the ground. If he made any attempts to escape from his grasps, he would blast him in the face with a Vee Breath Arrow, opening his mouth wide and blasting out a V-shaped heat beam at point blank range, taking some explosive fall-back damage as a result. Either way, one of them, or both of them would crash into the ground, with Vee jumping out of the way before the impact. Combat Log:Vee, in a berserk state, charges at Owen, ignoring the option of dodging Jet Flamethrower and charging right through it, taking damage as a result. He then grapples him, dives himself and Owen headfirst to the ground, and attacks with Vee Breath Arrow at point-blank range before making contact with the floor. He also takes some additional damage from firing at point-blank range.Vee Breath Arrow - Shoots out a V-shaped heat beam from his mouth that can incinerate an opponent. Two post cooldown.Combat Passive:Dragon's Armor - Gummy's rubberized battle armor is very durable, giving him a 30% defensive boost against projectiles attacks. Cooldown/s:Vee Breath Arrow: 0/2. "I'm Getting Excited": 3/3 +1 due to Owen's Howling Cannon .Wind Guardian: 3/2 +1 due to Owen's Howling Cannon; ready for use. Dragon Impulse: 2/3.
Crimson Bolide: 3/3; ready for use.
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Post by Owen on Nov 13, 2019 9:44:45 GMT
Owen gaped as he watched Vee brave the full brunt of his Jet Flamethrower, even though it was boosted by the extra attack power of his Lunatic High. This was... near suicidal levels of determination to hit him. It was at this moment that he realized that Vee was no longer treating this as a tournament, but an all-out battle.
When Owen ran out of space to evade to in the caverns, Vee quickly flew through the flames and seemed to grab him in an attempt of a piledriver. Owen was momentarily surprised, and blasted by the point-blank Vee Arrow Breath, the blast destroying the sunglasses he wore on his forehead, as well as leaving the fur there scorched. For a moment he lost his senses, leaving nothing but instinct. The MachGaogamon gave a fearsome growl, then returned fire, giving Vee a Howling Cannon straight in the face for his troubles.
Just before Vee let go, Owen whipped his arms forward and used his Winning Knuckle technique to bore through the spikes of the cavern floor and soften his own impact, but the injuries in his arms made it still hurt somewhat.
Still, he wouldn't be out for the count yet. Owen flipped himself upright, panting as he watched Vee and Gummy in the cavern. He noted the change in Vee's personality here. He could also tell the three of them were barely able to fight further. It reminded him of the days where this was commonplace - in war. Where neither side would give in until the other was dead. However, by now, Owen hated war, and he wanted to offer an out to all this.
"You two are very impressive." he said. "You've brought me to my limits, but I am very much capable of continuing this further. However... I don't see the need to do so. I don't hate either of you enough to risk going further and inflicting grievous injury. So I'm offering you a ceasefire. If you stop fighting, I'll stop fighting. And we'll let the judges decide who fought better."
The glint in his red eyes from his Lunatic High were still evident. It would give them no mistake that if they insisted on continuing this battle, he would resume the fight with full brutality.
However, he hoped cooler heads would prevail here.
Owen is struck by Vee's Vee Breath Arrow and takes a chunk of damage. Owen counter-attacks with Howling Cannon at also point-blank range.
Howling Cannon - Owen takes a deep breath, then roars and launches a powerful blast of ultrasonic energy at the enemy, reaching an area-of-effect of 25m. This attack not only deals damage from the blast, but disorients their minds a little, increasing any active cooldowns they might have by 1 post. [Cooldown: 3 turns]
Owen uses Winning Knuckle when thrown to the ground, aiming to drill into the rocks below to limit his impact, but is still hurt.
Winning Knuckle - Owen draws his fist back, the cyber power fist beginning to spin, then aims a heavy punch at the enemy. If he chooses to do so, Owen can 'charge' his attack by spending 1 post increasing the spinning momentum, then punches the next turn. If he does that, not only is its power increased by 75%, it can pierce through any active shields that the opponent may have set up, but doesn't go through defensive buffs.
Owen offers a ceasefire to Vee and Gummy, offering to end combat there and leave it for the judges to decide who fought better.
Cooldowns... (if offer is rejected)
Lunatic High Duration: 2/3 turns. [+30% Speed and Attack power] Emergency Bolster Cooldown: 3/3 turns. (ready) Wild Onslaught Cooldown: 3/3 turns. (ready) Jet Flamethrower Cooldown: 1/1 turns. (ready) Howling Cannon Cooldown: 0/3 turns.
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Post by Vergil on Nov 15, 2019 7:18:12 GMT
Landing on the ground, Vee staggered slightly, clutching his head in pain as he began to waver at his feet. His mind was hazy, his balance noticeably unstable from Owen's Howling Blaster before the collision. On top of that, he had burn marks all around his upper body; his dragon scales not giving him a good enough resistance from diving into those flames head first. Despite his rage, one thing was clear to him; that he was hurt.
In fact, Gummy was too. The Arresterdramon Superior looked down at his armored breastplate, there was a sizable hole in it left by his brother's attack from earlier, dead smacked in the middle. His sphere marker was slowly crackling, with bits and pieces landing on the scorched floor. That accidental friendly fire did more damage than he though. He wasn't going to last much longer. Maybe an attack or two and that was it for him.
Yet despite that, despite the situation being dire for them, they were still going to keep fighting, until they could fight no more.
Owen would then speak, saying that this fighting's been too much for all three of then and asking to stop the match, letting the judges decide who wins. It came to as a surprise for both of them, especially Vee who's rage had all but subsided. A ceasefire? Why? Throughout this whole tourney, especially their fight against Tadayoshi and his Digimon, this tourney was to test all of their strength, their weaknesses, and their cooperation against opposing opponents with bigger combat potential to see who was the best, and who was the loser. But for the MachGaogamon to offer to end the match right here, well, it was new to them to say the least.
Vee let out a heavy sigh as the weight of every trial they've encounter so far in this tourney, and this match, were lifted away from his heart. "Well...I guess we can-"
"DON'T YOU DARE EVEN INCLUDE ME!" The Areoveedramon's eyes widened, he saw Gummy slowly walking towards Owen, his form slowly flickering. It was clear that he wasn't going to hold his form much longer If he was to continue fighting.
"If you think that getting all beat up is enough for you to stop this match, then you're the bigger coward!" he yelled, remembering the harsh comment Owen gave to him at the start of the match.
He would ignite both of his hands with red and blue flames, preparing to blast Owen with a Crimson Flare. But just before he could unleash the attack however, a blue glow overtook him, de-digvoling back into Arresterdamon, the sheer energy he was putting out unable to allow him to maintain his ultimate form any longer. With each step he took closer to Owen, it was getting even more harder to move. But still, he pressed on.
Worried for his Digimon's safety, Justice ran next to him. "Hey, hey. Don't try and strain yourself anymore." He said. "You and Vee fought amazing. There's no need to push yourself anymore."
"YES THERE IS!" Gummy interjected, making Justice take a step back before limping himself over to Owen. "Back then when Commandramon injured me really bad, I...I promised myself to not get stronger just for you guys, but so others won't look down on me like Tadayoshi and fucking machines he calls an army. If I can't do that, then..." Tears would begin to swell up in his eyes. "...then I would rather be dead!"
Finally reaching Owen, he would raise his fist weakly, slowly aiming to unleash Mach Flicker at the sphere marker located on Owen's chest. Before his fist could even land, the blue glow would surround him again, devolving him back into his Gumdramon form. He landed on his knees in front of Owen, the sphere marker across his chest finally starting to crumble away.
The tears in his eyes would start to flow down freely he started to sob. For the first time in his life, he was crying.
"I guess...this proves that I'm not good enough for Bezil, huh?" he asked, before continuing to sob.
Combat Log:
Due to noticing the impact from Vee's Dragon Impluse, Gummy becomes heavily wounded.
Gummy attempts to attack Owen with Crimson Flare, but devolves into Arresterdramon as a result. Slowly limping towards him, he attempts to attack with Mach Flicker in desperation to land a single blow on him, only to devolve again to his Gumdramon form.
Gummy's sphere marker is destroyed, therefore eliminating him.
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Post by Owen on Nov 15, 2019 7:49:41 GMT
Owen watched for the twins' reaction, ready to react however possible. He tensed up as Gummy responded with anger. Owen blinked at his words, but knew them, in his experience, to be false. He was no coward.
"Sometimes the coward is the one that refuses to be brave enough to accept the situation around them." Owen replied. "Look at the situation, Gummy, and see the truth. None of us benefit in any further combat. Fighting further is pointless. As I've said, you've brought me to my limits, and from what I can see, I've brought you to your limits. Fighting further would just be foolish desperation. So please, I don't want you to surrender, I just want you to stop fighting."
He braced as Gummy seemed to be preparing a major attack, but his red-tinted eyes widened as Gummy de-digivolved to his Champion form. He realized that now, yes, this was over.
Gummy staggered forward. Justice ran to his side, begging him to stop, but the MachGaogamon simply stood and watched for any action he'd make.
At Gummy's outburst of his feelings, Owen sympathized. He didn't want to be looked down on. With this, he understood.
"Mate, I'm a soldier." Owen replied. "I don't look down on anyone. You fought just as hard as me. You're no more or no less worth of a digimon as me. From the battle just now, I'll never look down on you."
Owen was prepared to block the punch aimed at his chest sphere, when Gummy finally de-digivolved to Rookie, his sphere disappearing. He then broke down in tears, saying that he was no good for Bezil.
At this, Owen knew the battle was truly over. He flashed and de-digivolved back to his Gaomon form. With that, he approached Gummy, knelt down, and offered him a hug.
"Mate, I know Bezil better than anyone else." he said. "And I know he's watching this, and I don't think he'll think any lesser of you today. You're a good, strong, proud digimon, just like him, and if you love him and he loves you, you'll always be welcome in our family."
With that, Owen would await the decision from the judges as to who fought the best in this leg of the tournament.
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