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

[DwhitetheGamer 867]

(J.R)

 

Copper looked surprised seeing that Ice was able to dodge his blast. But he managed to figure out why. Ice was trained to fight blind, like he was, and he was good at it. He pursed his lips, thinking of a strategy to beat his opponent, not caring about how cold it was getting. He decided to wait and see what kind of power this new attack was, to see if he could counter it.

 

(Fractured)

 

Copper was in a familiar situation, one that required him to see with his body, and not with his eyes. When the lightning bolt hit, though, he tried to bring his shield up, to no avail. He was launched to the other side of town only to stop on a dime. He then took off in the direction of Celestia, and said, "I've been in this situation before, I can see you with my body. There's no point in dragging the darkness in."

[J.R. 3,183]

@@DwhitetheGamer,

The entire arena started to shake with the force and intensity of a 5.0 earthquake. Ice opened his eyes that were solid white, and fuming with a light blue aura. This time, he spoke with what sounded like several ghostly voices with a dynamic that echoed around the entire Battlefield, and right into Copper's soul. ​"You are ignorant and simple minded with your art...."

 

​He stood on his hind legs, raising one hoof into the air. By now, everything was starting to form up with a coating of dry ice, with pieces of it rising into the air, and floating around him. ​"You will feel our true power as you so foolishly have desired..." ​From there, the temperature would begin to drop to absurdly low levels, going into the negatives. ​"Prepare yourself."

[DwhitetheGamer 867]

"About time." was all that Copper said. He was getting tired of all the talk from Ice, and he was certainly excited about the new phase. He couldn't help but grin at the amount of voices his opponent carried now, but that grin was short-lived. He too stood on two hooves, and unleashed a war cry, causing a golden aura to form around him, the arena literally shaking, and the ice rising.

 

"THIS! ENDS! NOW!" he roared with an echo in his voice, letting loose a long volley of magic blasts in a wide arc at Ice.

[J.R. 3,183]

@@DwhitetheGamer,

​"How adorable..." Before the magical blasts could reach him, Ice Blizzard dropped down, and crashed his hooves into the earth beneath himself. With a sudden crash, the voices would all boom in his ears.... ​"But your fortitude outpaces your wit."

 

Boom​

 

Without further warning, the Dry Ice Massive Explosion would be activated. The entire arena would quickly be enveloped in a dry ice explosion that would expand outwards until it would hit Copper, and everything else in its way. Dry ice would be flung everywhere. Shards of the sharp crystals would expand and attack Copper from all sides. The shockwave of the explosion would rattle and shake the entire battlefield. The dry ice would slowly try to consume him, freeze him, and burn his body all in one go. Nothing would be left untouched by this explosion as everything within a mile radius would be consumed by it. The Battlefield, Copper, the surroundings. This was the true power of Ice Blizzard...

[DwhitetheGamer 867]

So this is his true power was Copper's thought before launching himself in the air, looking at the hell that was broken loose. When the ice tried to get to him, a massive fire erupted from his horn, making a safe zone for him to land on. When he did, he said calmly, "You had been a worthy adversary, Ice, but I'm afraid you overlooked one key element."

 

He then closed his eyes, slowly rising in the air, the golden aura returning. He then curled into a ball and started straining, groaning as a golden ball formed around him, increasing in size by the second. When the ball reached it's max size, he unleashed a war cry, spreading his hooves in all directions, the ball massively increased by milliseconds. The result was a blinding light, destroying all the ice and everything related to it, with potential damage for Ice.

 

When it was finished, Copper slowly descended to the ground, looking dead at Ice as he finished his statement, "The full power of Copper Strikes."

[J.R. 3,183]

@@DwhitetheGamer,

Little did Copper realize, was that the dry ice would continue to head for him, and overrun his little "safe area." It would freeze the ground he thought was safe, and continue to throw more and more dry ice shards in his face. It would be foolish to think that it would stop, as the dry ice would just keep coming, and coming and coming for him. By now, the entire arena was uncomfortably cold--below negative 100 degrees F in fact. Everything within the area would push forth, and still try to reach for Copper as the explosion would continue to rage on.

Edited June 12, 2016 by J.R.

[DwhitetheGamer 867]

Copper realized that the ice would keep coming for him. But how? He thought he destroyed it. He looked scared, looking at Ice and saying, "I shouldn't have asked. I'm gonna die now." He closed his eyes, and with his final words, "Good-bye, Ice. It's been nice knowing you." ge let the ice encase him, a single tear shown.

[J.R. 3,183]

@@DwhitetheGamer,

Fortunately, the arena rules were in play, Copper would not die. In fact, the hospital in town was very good at what they did. No matter what a combatant would endure, they would be able to be treated for their injures. For now, the ice kept coming for him, it would attempt to freeze Copper solid in a casing of dry ice. The rest of the explosion would continue to rage on for a few minutes before dying down. After which, Ice would walk through the icy haze that was thick as fog to see if his attack worked.

[Unicorncob 5,677]

Seeing that Tyra had bowed her head to him as she had trotted in closer, the pale, thick-veined minotaur would narrow his eyes, though his helm would not make such a contortion of expression obvious to the small mare before him. Reaching towards the sword mounted upon his right hip, Galtos pulled the steel from his scabbard, the sound of metal scraping across leather resounding between he and Tyra. The weapon itself was a classic straight sword, not the most exotic of blades, but its simplicity and effectiveness upon the fields of war yielded more than ample results. And even if it were customized to fit the needs of a normal sword, it was still gargantuan by pony standards; enough to dwarf even an Equestrian claymore.

With the flat of the blade reflecting the violet luminescence of the dream world's sky, Galtos would slowly press the sword's finely hammered broad side against Tyra's chin. Careful as to not allow the sword to pierce her neck, the Stormbringer slowly angled his armament upwards as he forced Tyra out of the unrequited bow, and met her gaze with his own. " Come now, Shatterhoof. I'm not so damn conceited as to ask for tribute and glory when it's someone else's story. This is Your moment. Your legend, that is being written. And you know how this legend should end? With you, holding your head high as you exit the dream! It should end with you waking up, enjoying a feast, getting drunk, and then making love to whomever the hell you want! And then, I want your ass back in that arena, and I want you to give every single opponent that challenges you a taste of what it's like to do battle with a real warrior! DO YOU UNDERSTAND, TYRA SHATTERHOOF?!?!?!? "

 

At his point, Galtos had withdrawn his sword back into its rightful home at his side, and was standing with both fists clenched, veins bulging from the roar that he had loosed to ring throughout the realm. He brought his fist upwards towards the sky as he looked down at her with unblinking eyes. Behind them, all Golden Horns would follow suit as they allowed one final war cry to resound with Galtos's. Truly, a grand sendoff for one so deserving.

 

Tyra's ears pricked up as she heard the scraping of steel against leather, but she kept her head bowed out of respect. That was, until the tip of the enormous steel blade of Galtos against her chin, propping her head up to face the enormous minotaur.

 

She listened closely to Galtos, her chest swelled with pride and determination that only grew as he carried on. He was right - she was a proud warrior like the rest of these fighters, and she deserved to leave this dream realm like one. She was going to drink like a fish and stuff her face in victory, though the making out was preserved for her special somepony, as soon as she saw her again.

 

And then she was going back to the arena, and she was going to pick another challenger to show her might to!

 

"AYE!!" She bellowed, a determined grin crossing her muzzle. "I UNDERSTAND!!"

[DwhitetheGamer 867]

Copper was now trapped in a sheet of ice, and it looked as if his opponent had won.

 

If only that were true.

 

All of a sudden, Copper's eyes shot open, a solid white overtaking them. The ice surrounding him thawed out, leaving an angry super pony staring at Ice. When he spoke, it was with two voices, his and a female one who was his ancestor. "You have made the mistake of challenging a super pony to a battle. You will now witness the ultimate power!"

 

Suddenly, if time had slowed down, there would be seven long, painful seconds of Copper delivering a long barrage of punches at Ice in the mid section, all within the frame of a tenth of a second in real time.

 

Copper had just learned the Time-Skip technique.

 

He returned to a standing position after the assault.

[P-Jay 1,987]

The mare shrugged. "Ask my clients," she said."I've been working as a mercenary in griffon and minotaur lands. There's a lot of competition, but I've worked out a spot for myself there. I also went prize-fighting with griffons for a while. The fact that I'm talking to you here should show that I can fight for something."

 

"And no, I don't fight senselessly. I fight sensibly, which means that I fight for a reasonable fee or personal enjoyment. Spilling the blood of the innocent just isn't my thing." She shrugged again. The mare's horn lit up bright red, and she lifted her cloak off of her flank to show her mark clearly. "As for why... Well, I don't know, and I never much cared, either."

 

He slumped ever so slightly, his shoulders sagging. Something disappeared from his tone, and eyes--was it expectations? Maybe hope? Regardless, he spoke with a considerably watered down voice.

 

"...Another too blind to wield Selene...Apologies for wasting your time, youngling."

 

He would turn, beginning to walk into the arena, exposing his back...While one word would be whispered as he left.

 

"Unworthy..."

[Fractured 2,684]

@J.R., 

"Superiors..." Ivory paused, catching herself in a particular thought. She only barely heard Libby speak to her, and turned to regard her with a nod. "He's nice enough, all things considered. I wouldn't mind having him as a friend. Hmmm..." She looked up, turning towards the enormous closed dome that comprised the arena, then shot a look back to Raze. "How many ponies are registered to fight here, already? And who's the champion?"

 

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@J.R.

"Attention, fillies and gentlecolts. Due to unforseen circumstances, the matches between Copper Strikes and Ice Blizzard and Copper Strikes and Celestia will be terminated. We apologize for the inconvenience." The intercom went silent, as they arenas containing the combatants glitched back to their normal state.

[Jack Baker 698]

"Dunno," Raze said, looking back at the arena, then back at Ivory. "I'm new here, believe it or not. Only been in a couple fights, and I haven't been paying too close attention to the bracket... hell, there's probably too many to name off the top of my head." He sighed.

[J.R. 3,183]

@@Fractured, @,

Libby was somewhat interested now as well. Maybe she could possibly meet the current champion? Sounded like a lot of fun when she really thought about it. ​"Welp. Who knows what'll happen as we get closer and enter the arena. Maybe it'll be fun, eh? Ya'll excited?"

 

@@Fractured,

Ice simply shook his head as the arena match was cancelled. This was more than disappointing. Guess he'll have to wait for a better match until then...

[Fractured 2,684]

@J.R., 

"Sounds like a plan to me." Ivory Star shot another look at the arena, before turning back to look at Raze. "You're free to come along, though i'm not sure how Libby feels about it. May want to ask her." She shrugged, before marking her trail to the arena mentally. She began to trot. "But i'm headed over. I need to see what's going on."

[Jack Baker 698]

@Fractured@J.R.

Raze shrugged. "Sounds good enough to me, I guess. Might as well try to get a better understanding of who I'm facing anyway."

 

He then turned over to Libby. "Soooo... am I allowed to come with you guys, or no? Either way's fine by me, I'll respect your decision either way."

[J.R. 3,183]

@, @@Fractured,

It didn't really matter to Libby either. She wasn't exactly friends with the stallion yet, but didn't want to be rude to him. "Doesn't really make much difference to me. Tag along if you want to, I guess." ​She trotted off, starting to follow Libby towards the arena.

[TerminalObsession 250]

@@P-Jay,

 

The mare rolled her eye. "Melodramatic," she muttered hoarsely. She'd turned half way around before her face twisted, bizarrely torn between anger and inspiration.

"Hey," she called to the figure's retreating back, "since when are you the judge or worthiness? I'll gladly shove my sword up your flankhole, if you're not too chicken for that."

Edited June 13, 2016 by Amorphous

[P-Jay 1,987]

The mare rolled her eye. "Melodramatic," she muttered hoarsely. She'd turned half way around before her face twisted, bizarrely torn between anger and inspiration.

"Hey," she called to the figure's retreating back, "since when are you the judge or worthiness? I'll gladly shove my sword up your flankhole, if you're not too chicken for that."

 

He stopped. His ear flickered. He turned, to look at her, with an uninterested expression. 

 

"...Youngling, you are not familiar with yourself. You walk, but you do not know where you are going. You fight, although you care not for the outcome. You look, although you do not see. You hear, but you do not listen. And you have a life, although you do not live. A pony so lost, would not be worthy to wield Selene."

 

He made a small, kind smile at the last bit. "Youngling..."

 

"..."

 

"..."

 

"...Are you suggesting a duel?"

[TerminalObsession 250]

@@P-Jay,

 

"Of course," the mare said. "A... a duel." She didn't like the way the word rolled off of her tongue. It was too smooth and gentle a word to describe a fight. 

 

Well, it wasn't important. "It's not the destination, it's the journey," she said absentmindedly. "If I knew where I was going, what would be the point of getting there? Come on, I think the arena is open."

[Fractured 2,684]

@J.R., 

"...I've never been to the arena before." Walking the path from the cafe to the arena, Ivory Star kept her head forward, moving directly towards her target. There wasn't much else that had caught her interest here that she'd seen yet, anyways.

 

She reached the dome, stopping for a moment just to take it all in. It seemed to be open, but she stayed outside, allowing the others to catch up. "So... this is it."

 

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-snip-

 

Celestia had stood patiently, silently listening to every word that had been spoken between them. When she was addressed, she once again opened her eyes, looking towards Chrysalis.

"Chrysalis. It has never been my desire, nor Equestria's, that you adopt our culture or our ways. Nor has it been ours to see you bow in submission, though there are a few that unfortunately disagree. No..." Celestia's expression shifted a fraction. In an instant, she had dropped the facade of the ruler who exuded power and prestige, and had adopted a friendly, almost casual look. "We simply look for an end to this conflict. A pointless and needless conflict which has gone on almost as long as we can remember, and has cost the lives and good conscience of everyone, pony and changeling alike. And one that may, eventually, grow into something that we may permanently regret, and be unable to take back." Again, Celestia noted, as her eyes trained for the briefest of instances on the holes that lined Chrysalis' body. Though it had been something that was necessary at the time, she had still lost no small amount of sleep in the weeks proceeding. Seeing them again now was just a fresh and painful reminder as to she sought and end to this war.

 

"This is not a weakness; it is unfortunately fact. As it is, your hive will starve, unless you look to Equestria for help. Help, in exchange for an offer to cease that will eventually destroy one or both of us. So tell me..." Celestia's face transformed again, becoming else entirely. A concerned instrospector. "Do you truly believe there is no other option, but to continue this. Do you truly believe your pride is worth your own life? Your children's...?"

Edited June 14, 2016 by Fractured

[Jack Baker 698]

@Fractured

Raze slowly walked up to Ivory, looking around.

 

"Yeah, it can get a bit... out of hand sometimes," he said to her. "You have to sign up for a challenge, then you and your opponent get taken to this... room of some sort, I don't know how to explain it; it changes depending on how you describe it before the fight. Speaking of which, you can fight almost anyone. Even the Princesses..."

[J.R. 3,183]

@@Fractured, @,

Libby let out a sharp whistle when they came upon the massive arena. ​"Damn....this place looks way bigger than any of the homes I ever seen in Appleloosa. We got our work cut our for us if we decided to enter and --wait the princesses? You mean the alicorn princesses?!"

[Jack Baker 698]

@@Fractured, @,

Libby let out a sharp whistle when they came upon the massive arena. ​"Damn....this place looks way bigger than any of the homes I ever seen in Appleloosa. We got our work cut our for us if we decided to enter and --wait the princesses? You mean the alicorn princesses?!"

"Yeah. I don't know why, but you can. I did it already..." He sighed. "And I nearly kicked the bucket too. It's weird. Why would they want to participate in something like this? A showcase of power?"

 

He looked around. "Anyway..." He pointed to the entrance. "The lobby for matches is through there, if you want to see it."

[Fractured 2,684]

@J.R., 

"Ah. Got it." Having caught the direction Raze pointed in, she wasted little time in checking out the scenery. She headed immediately through the wide open doors, and into the lobby, making a quick beeline for the first pony she saw inside that looked important.

 

"Hey." The green coated stallion with a checklist cutie mark stopped shuffling papers, to look up from his desk as she spoke. "Is this where the tournament matches are scheduled?"

 

"Well, yes. It's-"

 

"Do you have a list of available competitors?"

 

"Well, yes, of course. Everyone's who signed within this year's fighting bracket is listed-"

 

"Great. Do you have a copy I could borrow?"

 

"...Yes." Without another word, the stallion reached down behind the desk, fiddling with the cabinets. Within moments, he produced a group of five carefully stapled together documents, each full of the names of each of the contestants that had entered in the tournament thus far. Taking them in his mouth, he handed them to her, looking at her expectantly.

 

"Will that be all?"

 

"Yep!" In moments, Ivory Star was manipulating the pages, leafing through them to check out each potential contestant.