open The Dark Tournament II (FULL!)

[TheBreech 91]

(@@TheBreech, this is getting stupid. Anyone else have an idea about how this is going to end? Because Cosmo doesn't seem to have an exertion topout, he can dodge anything I throw at him faster than I can throw it at him, and I don't think diplomacy will get me anywhere.)

 

Standoff stepped backwards and looked at Cosmo. "Fine. If hoof-to hoof is how we're going to do it, hoof-to-hoof's what's happening." He grappled to the ground about a foot in front of him and released it, but didn't retract. He now had a steel rope with a sharp metal disc on the end. "Get over here, I'll clobber you."

(OOC: Exactly, anything you throw at me. Close combat will be harder to fight.)

Cosmo swore mentally at the shift, "Well, it was only a matter of time before he figured out ranged attacks won't work. Time to step it up." Cosmo withdrew drew about a third of the energy he used for Shadow Dance and activated Shadow Hide, a spell that pulsed Telekinesis at any attacks to soften the blow. "I'm still pretty weak, but this should soak up a few more hits. Ok Standoff, lets go." Cosmo crossed the few feet between them almost instantly and went for Standoff's back legs to throw him off balance.

Edited August 20, 2013 by TheBreech

[~Sole~ 852]

Sole's usually permanent cocky smile dropped for a moment as he glared at xena "damn... that's some dense energy. If that hits me..." he said quietly, as he began to build energy for annother chaos bomb. But he still refused to move from his place in the arena.

[Drago Ryder 641]

Xena's body expanded as some of the light from his aura spilled out of his mouth. "Survive this." He thought. The cyan pegesus then fired a massive beam of aura at Sole. He didn't even care if the ponies in the stands behind Sole got fried from the attack.

 

Ivy was surprised by this. "He really has been training." She thought. The silver unicorn then smirked.

[RAGESTAR 479]

Rail chuckled. He lit a cigarette for himself and began to explain. "The point is simple. We should not exist. No other organism behaves in this way. Even Demons do not kill without reason, simply to entertain a crowd. Our kind will eat and destroy until nothing is left but piss! I intend to clean that wound. There is a land beyond our dimension called the Fade. Our minds go there when we dream. It is the place where weaker demons can contact ponies to possess them. In the past, it has been possible and relatively easy to make a portal to this land. But the Fade is simply a gateway. A world between worlds. Beyond the Fade is my goal, a land of demons far too powerful to slip into the Fade! Most Ponies like me want to control the world with money, but I find that far too boring. I want to control it with monsters. Creating a portal to that world requires an impossible amount of money. It costs nearly two million bitts to create a portal the size of a foals hoof that lasts for ten seconds! I want something different. A permanent portal that allows demons to pass through as they please! I find the world would be much better that way. However, I don't have enough money to do that, I'll have to keep gambling. This is the ultimate high stakes game. This year's Dark Tournament decides so much about the future. More will be revealed in time. For now, we should just enjoy the games."

 

(Shit just got real)

Crimson stares at Rail with a neutral expression for what seems like forever before finally cracking a smile, "tch, well isn't that just a bit cliche? Telling your evil plot to one of the heroes? Are you TRYING to look like a comic book villain? Can't say I agree with your methods, especielly if they include using demons to do your dirty work...how long have you been planning this? Monthes? Years? Before or after your daughters birth? In any case, you wouldn't be telling me your master plans for nothing...so there's only three explainations to why you would do that. 1. You think you can make a deal with me to keep me out of the way and put me in your pocket. 2. Your so confident that noone can possibly stop you that your just telling me this to prove that point. And 3. You don't plan on letting me live long enough to tell anyone about your little plans...which would explain why you hired mr. Playdough...so Rail...which is it?" Asked crimson, putting a hoof on the hilt of helios, preparing for a sneak attack.

 

((Hmm...indeed...very...creative...but isn't one of your rules of this rp, "no magical portals to other worlds?" ))

Edited August 20, 2013 by ragestar

[~Sole~ 852]

Sole cursed as the beam headed straight for him, but he was more concerned with the innocent bystanders. "Dammit, you asshole!" He growled, before releasing his own blast. To his suprise, his attack did nothing to xena's, and he barely had time to throw up a barrier strong enough to defend himself. As the attack ended, he turned to see that dozens of ponies were either hurt or killed by the attack "you... you bastard. They were innocent. They didn't need to die!" He said enraged, as he built his energy for his biggest attack yet "I swear on my life that i'll defeat you!" He said seriously. He still didn't move from his place in the arena.

[Literally Snails 2,307]

Xena's body expanded as some of the light from his aura spilled out of his mouth. "Survive this." He thought. The cyan pegesus then fired a massive beam of aura at Sole. He didn't even care if the ponies in the stands behind Sole got fried from the attack.

 

Ivy was surprised by this. "He really has been training." She thought

 

A large portion of the audience was enveloped and incinerated.

 

"That's the kind of audience participation you can only expect at the dark tournament!" Said Topaz.

Crimson stares at Rail with a neutral expression for what seems like forever before finally cracking a smile, "tch, well isn't that just a bit cliche? Telling your evil plot to one of the heroes? Are you TRYING to look like a comic book villain? Can't say I agree with your methods, especielly if they include using demons to do your dirty work...how long have you been planning this? Monthes? Years? Before or after your daughters birth? In any case, you wouldn't be telling me your master plans for nothing...so there's only three reasons to why you would do that. 1. You think you can make a deal with me to keep me out of the way and put me in your pocket. 2. Your so confident that noone can possibly stop you that your just telling me this to prove that point. And 3. You don't plan on letting me live long enough to tell anyone about your little plans...which would explain why you hired mr. Playdough...so Rail...which is it?" Asked crimson, putting a hoof on the hilt of helios, preparing for a sneak attack.

 

((Hmm...indeed...very...creative...but isn't one of your rules of this rp, "no magical portals to other worlds? ))

"You're completely wrong." Said Rail. "I have two reasons. The first is that I'm a helpless egomaniac and can't possibly go through with this without bragging about it. The second is that I want others to have a chance to stop me. Make it to the tournament finals if you want your chance to be a hero."

Edited August 20, 2013 by SecretAgentSnails

[RAGESTAR 479]

A large portion of the audience was enveloped and incinerated.

 

"That's the kind of audience participation you can only expect at the dark tournament!" Said Topaz.

 

 

 

 "You're completely wrong." Said Rail. "I have two reasons. The first is that I'm a helpless egomaniac and can't possibly go through with this. The second is that I want others to have a chance to stop me. Make it to the tournament finals if you want your chance to be a hero."

Crimson smirked, "so your actually telling me that your just a bored billionaire who is so desperate for thrills that you would threaten all of equestria with a demon invasion just for kicks? Your more nuts than I thought...why not just do what I do and just go on adventures, that's as exciting as your gonna get..." asked crimson half jokingly.

[Snowy Storm 57]

Icy left the viewing room and headed towards the infirmary.

She was minding her own busy when she overhead Rail and Crimson talking. The only part she heard was a chance to be a hero and what Crimson said about a demon invasion.

-I should leave them to talk- She thought to herself as she tried to walk away and head back to the lobby.

[Senor Citizen 516]

@@TheBreech, Standoff jumped and slammed the grapple down, barely missing Cosmo. "Don't think so, pretty boy. I should have done this sooner. I'm one of the best at brawling." He took a wide sweep and hit Cosmo in the torso. "Cripes, you're tougher than-nah, it's magic." Another crashing slam, this one directed at his horn.

(Hey, , why don't we get commentary?)

[TheBreech 91]

@@TheBreech, Standoff jumped and slammed the grapple down, barely missing Cosmo. "Don't think so, pretty boy. I should have done this sooner. I'm one of the best at brawling." He took a wide sweep and hit Cosmo in the torso. "Cripes, you're tougher than-nah, it's magic." Another crashing slam, this one directed at his horn.

(Hey, , why don't we get commentary?)

Cosmo barely dodged, allowing the attack connect with his shoulder. Unfortunately, the attack left Standoff open to receive another slash on his chest, now shaped like an "X." Backing off a bit Cosmo considered how he could limit Standoff's attacks. "He's using what's effectively a chain weapon at this point... If wrap Shadow Hide around it, he'd either have to put a lot more energy into each swing or it would move much less quickly... no, he's strong enough to overcome that... I think I'll need to just break his toy." Cosmo waited for Standoff to attack and prepared to strike at the grapple launcher and or cord.

(A steel cords nice but if Cosmo can get a few good hits on it, you'll just have a rope)

[Frosty V 309]

@Snowy Storm

Frost left the viewing room and was headed to the fighters lounge when he tripped and fell in front of another pony. He looked up "Um....hi, I'm Frost." he said chuckling awkwardly. "Smooth Frost, your soul is feared almost everywhere and you can't even walk straight." he thought.

[Literally Snails 2,307]

Crimson smirked, "so your actually telling me that your just a bored billionaire who is so desperate for thrills that you would threaten all of equestria with a demon invasion just for kicks? Your more nuts than I thought...why not just do what I do and just go on adventures, that's as exciting as your gonna get..." asked crimson half jokingly.

"I have a purpose. Being born at the bottom of society I got to see exactly how bad this world is. I had an otherwise typical childhood. I became obsessed with death and suffering. Sometimes I would play a game where I saw how long I could keep an animal alive after I removed its heart. A typical childlike game. But soon we have to grow up and see that there is more to life than personal fun. I found out that I could turn my ambitions into cash through gambling, and there was no turning back. The sheer thrill of gambling, the exhilaration of risking it all. It was without match. The stakes have gotten bigger and bigger, soon money lost its mystery, so I found a way to make the stakes a little more interesting."

Edited August 20, 2013 by SecretAgentSnails

[Snowy Storm 57]

@@Frosty V,

Icy watched as the strange pony tripped over himself.

"Uh... hello Frost. I am Icy Night, but you may call me Icy" she said watching the stallion.

"So what do you think of the fights so far? I think most of them are pretty bloody" she said trying to make small talk with the stallion.

[RAGESTAR 479]

"I have a purpose. Being born at the bottom of society I got to see exactly how bad this world is. I had an otherwise typical childhood. I became obsessed with death and suffering. Sometimes I would play a game where I saw how long I could keep an animal alive after I removed its heart. A typical childlike game. But soon we have to grow up and see that there is more to life than personal fun. I found out that I could turn my ambitions into cash through gambling, and there was no turning back. The sheer thrill of gambling, the exhilaration of risking it all. It was without match. The stakes have gotten bigger and bigger, soon money lost its mystery, so I found a way to make the stakes a little more interesting."

Crimson raised an eyebrow at rail, "uhh...well you sure have the fucked up childhood thing going for you, but its still no excuse to kill innocents, I also grew up at the bottom of the barrel, I was nothing more than an orphaned, thieving street rat when I was a kid, yet look how I turned out, now I'm a famous pirate captain turned hero, and its all because even after all the bad things that happened to me and how much I've lost...I still didn't bow to darkness..." said crimson quitely.

[Frosty V 309]

@Snowy Storm

Frost stood back up and looked at Icy "Yeah these battles are a lot more bloody than I thought they were going to be." he said, but in the back of his mind he didn't really know what he thought. "Blood, murder, what? Are these ponies savages looking for some sick kicks?" he thought in disgust.

[Snowy Storm 57]

@@Frosty V,

"Careful what you say. We might became those monsters by the end of it" she thought over the pony's name,

"Frost... So I'm going to guess that you have control over the element of cold? Sorry for asking, but you can usually guess a ponies magic ability from their name. So did I guess right?"

[Frosty V 309]

@Snowy Storm

Frost shook his head "I've had some experience in frost magic, but never truly mastered it." he said thinking about his ancestor's soul inside him "More like the elements of death and justice." he thought to himself. "With your name I would say your more suited to that magic than I am." he replied.

[Snowy Storm 57]

"Actually my name was Icy Day, but after something happened and my cutie mark showing up. My mother renamed me Icy Night."

"But yeah Ice Magic is my specialty. So we're going to have to fight each other. Let's try not to turn into those killing machines" Icy said trying to smile.

[Frosty V 309]

Frost smiled "Iustus I like this mare, she is not bloodthirsty like these other maniacs, I don't want her dead. Understand?" he said mentally to Iustus who just shrugged "Don't let her good looks fool you, we still need to win, but I won't kill her." he replied as Frost looked back at Icy. "Sorry zoned out for a sec, but yeah it will be a good fight." he said extending his hoof for a shake. "You want to go watch the fights until then?" he asked with a large smile.

[Moonlight Fire 20]

Stone heart elbowed whiplash in the stomach making her release the grip. Then she backed up. Her nose was bleeding, and her head was bleeding. Then she heard something in her head. "Come on stone.....y-you can do it..." In the back of her head. A memory of that young filly. The one she cared for. She then gritted her teeth. "NO" she then picked up her sword and ran at whiplash with all her might.

Then a silence went throughout the room. Stone shoved the sword deep into whiplashes chest. Making it come out of her back. They both just stood there. Quietly.

Whiplash retched up blood, her chest oozing. She knew there wasn't much time left. The pegasus had moved slightly to the left, but that didn't help ease the damage done to it. As Whiplash slowly picked up her dagger, she looked at the roaring crowd of ponies. Her battered apponent. Her battered SELF. "What are we doing?" she whispered. What was the purpose of this? It was obvious both her and Stone were completely exhausted, even on the verge of death. Whiplash slowly backed away. She wasn't surrendering, but most definately wasn't spilling more blood. "Look what we've done," she said bitterly, motioning to the bloodstains everywhere. Whiplash bent over, retching up more blood.

[Nuclear Neurotic 56]

Nuclear sighed after Icy had left the room. "These fights are crazy..."

 

She scratched her head for a moment, 'How the heck did my parents manage to convince me to enter again...?'

 

The gray mare shook her head to dismiss the saddening thought of her parents possibly wishing for her death.

 

Nuclear bit her bottom lip, watching the spectacle on the screen.

 

The sight of Whiplash and Stone nearly at the brink of death disturbed her.

[Snowy Storm 57]

@@Frosty V,

"Yeah let's go see the fight. I left a pony I met in the viewing room by herself. We should keep her company while we wait" Icy turned and began to walk towards the viewing room. Still she wanted to know more about what rail and crimson were talking about. she was wondering about it.

[synangel 25]

Whiplash retched up blood, her chest oozing. She knew there wasn't much time left. The pegasus had moved slightly to the left, but that didn't help ease the damage done to it. As Whiplash slowly picked up her dagger, she looked at the roaring crowd of ponies. Her battered apponent. Her battered SELF. "What are we doing?" she whispered. What was the purpose of this? It was obvious both her and Stone were completely exhausted, even on the verge of death. Whiplash slowly backed away. She wasn't surrendering, but most definately wasn't spilling more blood. "Look what we've done," she said bitterly, motioning to the bloodstains everywhere. Whiplash bent over, retching up more blood.

Stone looked at her. She then fell back slowly. She realized it to. But, she....she didnt know what to do now. She looked around, stone was in bad condition but whiplash was in worse. What had she done. She was turning back into her old self, the one she tried to stay away from. The ravaging murderer that was inside her. She was slowly becoming. But she had to go on.....but she couldn't kill her. "Look.....I don't want to do this no more.....but I'm still going ahead....wether you like it or not" she stated.

[Moonlight Fire 20]

"We both want to go on. The problem is which one of us will. I'm not spilling any more blood, this fight had almost turned me into some kind of savage beast," Whiplash replied wistfully, kicking the ground. She knew the audience would be wanting more action, but she refused to give it to them.

[Frosty V 309]

@Snowy Storm

Frost shook his head and followed her back to the viewing room thinking about his upcoming battle when Iustus interrupted him "What do you have to worry about? She seems harmless." he said mentally in a cocky tone to Frost. "Don't under estimate Ice magic," he replied sternly "it seems like nothing, but it can put you in a real jam if your not careful." Iustus just shrugged "Whatever you say." he replied sarcastically.