open Bangcolt Arena! (Fighting/Sol) (RP)

[Dust and Memories 557]

Wilhelm smiled and nodded in Caliber's direction. "Hello, Caliber. Nice to see you. I hope you're feeling lucky, because you'll need it for our match." He laughed, but his eyes behind the glasses were deadly serious, and his expression cold. "But, you know, you're my friend, so I'll try and not hurt you...too..badly." He winked, and laughed for real this time, a small chuckle.  At Green's exclamation, he inclined his head to Green. "So, you're the green alicorn, huh? Well, pleased to meet you. You know, now that I think of it, you should visit Eclipse sometime; he's an inanely overpowered alicorn character as well. You'd have a blast... in more ways than one." For some reason, as he said this, a fragment of memory popped into Wilhelm's head, disconnected from anything he remembered experiencing. It was of a massive explosion of red and black light, and a feeling of overwhelming pain in his side. A pall of smoke settled over the strangely red-colored landscape, and a voice echoed from the fog...one strangely similar to Eclipse's. Wilhelm banished the memory to another place near-unconsciously, and turned back to the conversation at hand. "So, Cal, did you really drop a bag of bits on Green's leg?" 

 

 

 

OOC: Wilhelm sometimes possesses memories from different timelines (aka, RPs). This particular memory is from the Tartarus timeline. I don't plan to do this often in the least, especially not in canon RPs, but it's interesting nevertheless.

[Fractured 2,684]

"Don't underestimate what i'll do to win" she said, slowly backing away from the clones and the box. "If it's a blast you want, though..." she said, looking over her shoulder at the cliff, water stretched out below her. No way to turn back now.

 

She jumped, using one of her remaining two barriers to sponge the fall below the lip of the cliff. At the same time, she ripped the moisture from the air with magic, combining it with the now ridiculous amount of heat coming from the box and containing it in the form of a ball above her. Eyeing the clones moving quickly, however, she realized she had no time to convert it, not that she wanted Ice Blizzard escaping anyways. She'd be riding this one out.

 

She cracked open the ball.

 

Instead of magic, raw energy spilled out in an omnidirectional shockwave. Due to the amount of heat from the box and the ample water in the atmosphere, it was bigger than the last one; the blast ripped the tower clean off of its foundation and still kept going, stopping just short of reaching the treeline one side and nearly covering the canyon on the other.

 

Sleight Mist was dimly aware of seven more explosions in the heart of the inferno. Then, she took the blast head on, the shockwave forcing her against, then through her barrier, breaking her front legs. It then tossed her down into the water, where she hit the bottom face down and bounced, shattering her rib cage before rising to the surface. Somehow still conscious, she painfully used her back legs to kick to the waters surface, where she lay there, just struggling to breathe.

[J.R. 3,183]

@,

Blizzard had seen what happened to his clones and the area around him,  and felt the explosion. He was hurt majorly and was bleeding out and his legs were shattered, "Ow! Nothing....I...can't handle. I'm still not giving up! Is that all you got?! Come on!" He shouted loud enough for SM to hear. Blizzard was harldy in fighting condition, but wasn't giving up. "Is that all you have?! Do you hear me dammit?! I'm still here!"

Edited May 5, 2015 by Ice Blizzard

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber looked at green. "im sorry, do i know you?" he asked, with a smile. "i...really dont know who you are...but i guess im sorry for dropping the bits on you...?" he was snickering, a little. he looked back at wilhelm. "i didnt drop anything on his leg! somepony must've framed me!!" he defended himself.

[Mars Orbit 729]

"Hmm. Fine you sound sincere." Green looked at wilhelm "im not an alicorn there is no horn on muh head and as for this eclipse...I shall inquire about him." He started to walk off and stopped "where might I find this alucorn eclipse you called him he seems quite interesting to me."

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber became quiet when eclipse was mentioned. "well...he's stronger than me...and he's, ya know, an alicorn..." he muttered. he looked around. "so, looks like Ice Blizzard's in checkmate. thats how she got me, too." he smiled. "eh, whatever. i put up a good fight, im happy."

[Mars Orbit 729]

"Yeah someponies never know when to quit." Green said remebering his fight and who he fought. "Wait a minute...." green said with a confused look "are you the pony whos clone I just sword nuked." "And after that explain how, where, and when I just gotta know...why is he so mean he tried to friggen kill me."

[Fractured 2,684]

"I'll get there," she wanted to say, but a crushed ribcage has a terrible habit of impairing your speech, so she said nothing as she lay on the rocks near the far waterfall. She knew it was a lie, anyway; she had unusable front legs and no way of getting past the water; she'd almost drowned several times just getting here.

 

She couldn't attack from here either, even if she felt like it, so she did the only thing there was left to do. She waited, laying on the rocks and listening to the sound of the waterfall. A water lover by nature, she found it comforting; it almost made her forget the amount of pain she was under. "You know, this place is actually pretty nice. If I make enough money, or settle down, i'll be sure to live here," she thought, staring up at the sky.

[J.R. 3,183]

@, 

Blizzard got dangerous, "Ok, that was a good one! *panting* Ow! You had me going just then, now I didn't wanna do this, but you leave me no choice." Blizzard covers himself in ice and says, "I have initiated my strongest  move....the D.I.N.E blast! In 30 seconds I will unleash the Dry Ice Nuclear Explosion, it's a move that's so unstable and powerful, that I've only used it one before and I was unable to use my powers over the next 2 days. I'm only using it because I'm gonna show you what a real explosion is like! "

 

"This move is gonna engulf the entire area in dry ice and leave everything in sight, and even things you can't see, either frozen or destroyed. You on the other hoof, will either be frozen or feel a boatload of dry ice shards pierce your body, so good luck surviving it! And don't even try that shield trick, this explosion is of a greater magnitude than that other one you pulled on me, so your shields are about as useful as paper."

 

 

Blizzard then waits for 30 seconds and says, "I'm....sorry... Dry Ice Nuclear Explosion!" And the blast initiates, consuming the entire area with dry ice and Blizzard sits there, feeling the rest of his ice power leave his body. He had wanted to make sure she was alive in order to experience a real explosion and live, so he didn't use his full power within the attack, just enough to use the move and keep her alive.

 

OOC: WTF--booom! muahhahahah

Edited May 5, 2015 by Ice Blizzard

[Dust and Memories 557]

"Hmm. Fine you sound sincere." Green looked at wilhelm "im not an alicorn there is no horn on muh head and as for this eclipse...I shall inquire about him." He started to walk off and stopped "where might I find this alucorn eclipse you called him he seems quite interesting to me."

Wilhelm's mouth twitched up at the corners, and he discreetly picked up the ice cream cone he had been hiding behind him. "Not a alicorn? Why, that's impossible! You have a horn as well as wings!" At this, Wilhelm danced forward, and in one quick movement, placed the cone on Green's head. He snickered slightly, and opened his mouth to say something, but then, whatever he said was drowned out by the first explosion, courtesy of Sleight Mist. The explosion itself was contained by the arena's shields, but the sound carried, and Wilhelm's ears were set a-ringing. He winced and clapped his hooves to his skull, but as he began to hear clearly again, the second explosion went off, Ice Blizzard's this time. Wilhelm's vision went blurry and his hearing dulled, and he fell back into his seat from shock. Though he couldn't hear himself say it, he said "Well, that was unexpected."

[Fractured 2,684]

Sleight Mist heard a shout from the other side of the cliff. She took a moment away from the waterfall, opening her eyes... only to see a massive explosion of moving ice bearing down on her.

 

"Well... I probably deserve this," she thought, moments before she was buried alive.

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber was unfazed when the blast initiated. while other ponies covered their ears, or hid behind whatever they had, caliber smiled. "isnt that a bit over kill, IB?" he asked, to nopony in particular. caliber watched as when the blast started to die down, the arena morphed back into its original state, melting all the ice, and leaving just two ponies in a simple platform. the medical team ran in, picked up sleight mist gingerly, and carried her off. 

 

"...AND ICE BLIZZARD DECIDED TO USE HIS MOST POWERFUL TECHNIQUE, THE D.I.N.E. BLAST!! WE CAN ONLY HOPE SHE'S STILL ALIVE, BECAUSE IF SHE ISN'T, ICE BLIZZARD WILL BE BANISHED FROM THE ARENA FOR FAILURE TO UPHOLD THE RULES. BUT, FOR NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE ICE BLIZZARD IS THE WINNER, AND NEW CHAMPION!!"

 

caliber turned to wilhelm. "well, you were right, that was unexpected." he said, as he walked over to infirmary, and looked at sleight mist and ice blizzard in beds. "now, did y'all have fun?" he asked jokingly.

[Fractured 2,684]

Sleight Mist heard Caliber speak, but you'd be hard pressed to tell. She stared up at the ceiling, unmoving, thoughts racing through her head.

 

She was so stupid; she had given in to her own emotions, and in trying to kill Ice Blizzard, had almost ended up murdering the two of them. She had no idea how the medical ponies had even found her under all that ice, let alone pumped life back into her afterwards, and she grimly wondered if it was worth it, as every inch of her body felt like it was freezing and on fire in the same instant. But the pain itself wasn't half as bad as the truth she found herself being forced to face.

 

She had lost anyways.

 

Despite an overwhelming desire to be the best, she had lost. Despite all of her practice, she still wasn't strong enough, losing out to an Earth pony with ice powers. And despite her best intentions, she was still weak. She hated being weak

 

The only thing that kept her calm was the sound of the waterfall, the last thing she'd heard before being being buried alive. She could still hear it now as she lay in bed, and just listening slowly steeled her resolve, turning despair into fiery resignation.

 

If she was weak,  she couldn't mope, she just needed to get stronger. As soon as she could walk again, she would begin training.

 

"Actually, Caliber, no, I didn't have fun," she said, finally turning around to face him in the hospital. But despite the incredible plan, she had the biggest smile she wore in a long time.

 

"But i'm about to have fun now."

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber grinned. he saw that spark in her eyes, and when he took a look at her aura, it was bright orange. a color he knew all too well. the desire to get stronger. "well, have fun with that." caliber said, with a knowing smile. ice blizzard was sleeping, so he went back to the closseum. its his turn, after all.

[J.R. 3,183]

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Blizzard had woken up a little and wondered whether he had killed SM. He had heard her and Caliber talking so he thinks, "Yes. I win! Determination will triumph. I just hope that SM and I can still be friends after this is over. She's an explosive one that mare. I may be the new champion, but that doesn't mean I still can't be a friend." He then decides to say to SM if she was awake to hear, "Hey, I like your style...pretty explosive. Hopefully after we get outta here and I fight Caliber, we can talk to each other and become friends. If you want. I'd understand if you hate me right now for a sudden win like that, but that was still a damn good fight. So can we be friends?"

[Fractured 2,684]

Sleight Mist turned over, momentarily distracted from Caliber. She stared at Ice Blizzard as he sat in the hospital bed next to her, offering her friendship of all things. Ice Blizzard. The pony who had beat her. The pony who had humiliated her. The pony who had buried her under several tons of ice. And he wanted to be... friends...

 

The air began to crackle and spark in response to her words, temperature climbing rapidly as they continued. She realized it just in time, taking deep breaths and calming herself with what was rapidly becoming her favorite word.

 

Waterfalls.

 

She listened to the sound, her breathing returning to normal with the temperature after a few seconds, but she still couldn't do this. If she stayed here listening to this, she risked turning the hospital and most of the arena into a caldera. She rolled out of bed, wincing at the pain, and turned towards the door.

 

"I need to go; I have runes to draw. I'll see you later, Ice Blizzard," she said, as she disappeared out of the door, walking towards her room.

Edited May 5, 2015 by Corona de Adamas

[J.R. 3,183]

@, 

Blizzard sat and thought for a moment, "Maybe now's not the right time to ask for her friendship. Oh well." After the med ponies had healed him, Blizzard trotted slowly and carefully back to the stadium to have a seat, "My fight with Caliber's gonna be pushed back for 2 days, because of my power loss through that reckless move I pulled. *sigh* I just hope SM can be my friend, and she didn't outright say no to me, so there's still hope." Blizzard decides to bet 100 bits on Caliber, "100 bits on the best swordspony ever!" And goes back to his seat.

[Fractured 2,684]

Sleight Mist had made it to her room; a simple bedroom/bathroom mix with one bed and no windows. She laid back on the bedspread and relaxed for a second, letting out a deep sigh to burn off any of her remaining anger.

"Time to get started," she muttered, staring up at ceiling.

 

Going into the bathroom, she emerged seconds later with a cup of water. Laying it down on the table in front of the bed, she then proceeded to magically summon a pen and notebook to her side before falling back onto the bed and beginning to write furiously. She would stay this way for quite some time, occasionally making huge leaps, and occasionally crossing out entire sections of writing or throwing away whole pages in frustration. She would only ever stop to spare momentary looks at the glass of water on the table. Then, she'd put pen to paper and begin the process all over again.

[P-Jay 1,987]

@@Orion Caelum, 

 

caliber was in the arena, wilhelm was across the platform, looking at him. "you ready for this?" caliber asked, with a smirk on his face.

 

"WELCOME TO THE 7TH ANUAL MATCH, HERE IN THE GLADIATORS ARENA!!!!" cheering can be heard, "HERE WE HAVE WILHELM DE WINTER, A PONY WHO'S SERVED IN THE MILITARY!! AND WE HAVE A RETURNING FIGHTER, CALIBER, THE WANDERER!!! even more cheering. "WHO WILL WIN?! WHO WILL LOSE?! PLACE YOUR BETS! THE ARENA WILL BE..." the tell-tale beeps are heard, "SALVATION REACTOR CORE? I'M NOT EVEN GONNA ASK ANYMORE...BEGIN!!"

 

the arena morphed, and caliber unsheathed his sword. "wilhelm, tell me, do you fancy yourself a swordsman? comparable to my skill?" he asked smugly, as he slowly started walking towards him.

[Dust and Memories 557]

@@Orion Caelum,

 

caliber was in the arena, wilhelm was across the platform, looking at him. "you ready for this?" caliber asked, with a smirk on his face.

 

"WELCOME TO THE 7TH ANUAL MATCH, HERE IN THE GLADIATORS ARENA!!!!" cheering can be heard, "HERE WE HAVE WILHELM DE WINTER, A PONY WHO'S SERVED IN THE MILITARY!! AND WE HAVE A RETURNING FIGHTER, CALIBER, THE WANDERER!!! even more cheering. "WHO WILL WIN?! WHO WILL LOSE?! PLACE YOUR BETS! THE ARENA WILL BE..." the tell-tale beeps are heard, "SALVATION REACTOR CORE? I'M NOT EVEN GONNA ASK ANYMORE...BEGIN!!"

 

the arena morphed, and caliber unsheathed his sword. "wilhelm, tell me, do you fancy yourself a swordsman? comparable to my skill?" he asked smugly, as he slowly started walking towards him.

Wilhelm drew his bow off his back and held it at a ready position. His eyes flicked over the arrows in his quiver, and he selected one with a head made of a bluish-white liquid encased in glass. He nocked it to his bow in a smooth, seamless motion, and the arrow's fletching tickled the fur on his cheek. No one moved, and Wilhelm smiled disarmingly, letting the bow drop to his side in a gesture that would be interpreted as him lowering his guard. "Absolutely not! In fact, I'm absolutely horrible at fighting in general. You...you won't hurt me, will you?" The astronomer allowed his lower lip to wobble and his eyes to open widely and innocently. Edited May 6, 2015 by Orion Caelum

[J.R. 3,183]

Blizzard had popcorn and was watching the fight, "Come on Caliber, you can do this! That dark magic of yours really comes in handy in a clutch, heh, lucky him. That unstable D.I.N.E blast renders my powers unusable for two days. I don't think his magic gives him that much of a penalty, although I could be wrong."

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber's eyes narrowed, and he said coldly. "too bad, i am gonna hurt ya. if ya didnt wanna get hurt, ya shouldn't have challenged me!!" he dashed towards him with his trademark speed, readying his sword for an attack. "no mercah!"

 

(i spelled 'mercy' wrong on purpose.)

[Dust and Memories 557]

Wilhelm smiled coldly, eyes flashing behind his glasses. "Excellent." As Caliber rushed towards him, Wilhelm had already drawn, nocked, and fired seven arrows at Caliber, each of them with the strange liquid as their warhead. He intended for Caliber to run at him-this way, the attack would be more unexpected and even more disorienting. For the briefest, timeless moment, the arrows did nothing. Then, the glass cracked on impact, and the warheads exploded in unison. Without noticing Caliber's reaction, being too busy planning, Wilhelm spread his wings full-width and aimed his bow behind Caliber, an arrow with a bronzed, conical tip nocked to it. To anyone who truly listened (and didn't have their ears ringing from the explosion) the arrow seemed to scream at a insanely high pitch. "Pays not to underestimate the poor widdle pegasus." Then, Wilhelm fired the sonic arrow, and the ship's porthole he had been aiming at exploded in a burst of sound. With earplugs firmly implanted, Wilhelm launched towards Caliber, using the pull of depressurization and his wings to shoot forward in a blur of motion. He pirouetted gracefully, turned, and with one full-force buck, launched the swordspony directly at the window- the window that now lead out into the cold wastes of space.

Edited May 6, 2015 by Orion Caelum

[P-Jay 1,987]

caliber saw the arrow heads crack, and the smallest time to react when he saw the first hint of an explosion, and he jumped upwards. the sound began screeching, so he disabled his hearing. but he wasn't prepared to be hit towards the window. he flew towards the window, knowing he would likely die if he hit it. quickly, he took off his cape with a flourish, and caught it on a rail as he passed by. he was stopped with a jolt. and he looked up. "your gonna need more than that, wilhelm." he said, now completely serious. he dashed towards him, again, with his trademark speed, but he was steadily getting faster. he was prepared to dodge this time, and should he reach wilhelm, he would unleash a flurry of slashes so fast, it would look like he had two swords instead of one.

[Dust and Memories 557]

Wilhelm raised a single eyebrow the faintest amount. "You haven't seen anything yet." With this statement, Wilhelm took off, shooting above Caliber's head and looping behind him, not bothering to strike. Instead, he landed on a catwalk running around the reactor core, and strung his bow again, this time, loading it with arrows that shimmered with electricity. He fired a full volley at Caliber- easily ten arrows, each of them holding a charge high enough to incapacitate a elephant.