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RPG World of Remnant => Amity Colosseum => Old Tournaments => Topic started by: Dr. Gustave on October 17, 2016, 03:51:32 PM

Title: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Dr. Gustave on October 17, 2016, 03:51:32 PM
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!" A Booming and energetic voice explodes through the speakers set up around the enormous stadium. A deep and gravely voice, like someone who spent too much time smoking and decided now would be a good time to start screaming for their entire life. "WELCOME TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE VYTAL FESTIVAL!" The crowd erupted into a ceremonious cheer, whoops and hollers came from all corners of Remnant as people tuned into the match from home. "YOU ALL KNOW HOW IT WORKS BY NOW, INTRODUCTION, SOMEWHAT OFFENSIVE QUIP, AND THEN ENVIRONMENTAL SPINNER, SO LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT! IN THE SECOND ROUND, WE'VE GOT TWO MORE BEACON KIDS! SO MANY BEACON KIDS. IN THE FIRST CORNER, WE HAVE CATALINA GLENN, AND IN THE OTHER CORNER, WE HAVE NATHAN EAU, HEY TRY NOT TO MAIM YOUR OPPONENT THIS TIME, JERK! BUT FOR NOW, ONTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPINNER, OR AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, THE ANTI-ENVIRONMENTAL SPINNER! ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ISN'T THE SAME THING AS POLITICS, DEREK, SHUT UP!" The crowd, though somewhat confused, cheered heartily.

A large holographic image of a lottery machine appears on all sides of the arena, with two spinners. The spinners spun so quickly, making it nearly impossible to make out the passing words. It ticked through the options slower and slower until it finally stopped on Mountain and Dust Field.

"LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT A MODIFIER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!"

The floor of the arena lowered and, in its place, arose a "single" new floor. Though it certainly seemed to have two halves, one mostly flat and the other mountainous, the entire field was littered with Dust crystals sticking out from the ground. (Nathan will start atop the mountain)

Just then, the doors on each side of the arena opened and, from them, out strolled the combatants.


(A coin flip decided Catalina gets the first post. The arena size is that of the 1v1 arena in the show, but still features biomes, though scaled down. Good luck, contestants.)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 18, 2016, 04:19:57 AM
Oh yeah, a hell lot of dust."Hey, sorry for what happened in your first round, but don't fell bad. If there's anything you could do for him, it's fight for him, fight well, and give all of us a good show." He greeted his famed(not only be cause of his incident, but also the incredible skill) opponent through the arena, trying to think of an attack when he saw the terrain could be of his help. "Now take a welcome gift!" The best line he can think of, which is still horrible, was sent accompanied by a spread of 20 explosive rounds, hoping if enough of them exploded it'll trigger a chain reaction dealing considerable damage.
[One of them is usually 2% at point blank explosion and the spread and more importantly, the recoil would definitely decrease the damage, take as many as you want]
New pirecing rounds were loaded the moment it was cleared, and Catalina ran off to evade dangerous dust.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 18, 2016, 05:10:46 AM
As soon as the match started, Nathan flattened himself against the ground. Starting on top of the mountain? Sweet! Now he could use the largest bit of cover for himself!

He mentally thanked himself for being paranoid when, a split second later, loud pak sounds came from the mountain's side. A few loud bangs also manifested, albeit they were equally hidden from view.

Nathan had taken out Ergia and switched it to assault form. Two could play at that game, and the other guy didn't have quite as much cover.

Crawling up to the edge once the transformation was complete, Nathan aimed for the zone around and in front of his opponent to try and land direct hits. Sure, his aim might be a bit off at this range, but he'd manage. Pulling the trigger, he let the slugs rip forth.

(3% Aura damage per slug direct hit, apply as many as you feel is right. Also keep an eye out for collateral from Dust crystals)
(Aura: 100%)
(Ergia slugs before post: 300 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 18, 2016, 10:16:30 AM
Whaaaaat... welp, can't stay around now or I'm gonna get ripped apart. Besides, Mountains is my place, not yours.
Catalina was grown in these environments, please. You think it's really that easy to corner him? He made a beeline into the mountain, using his trustworthy Got'eem to block off as much as possible, though he inevitably got scraped by two slugs. It took him like, 5 seconds to enter the all too familiar mountains, grabbing a lightning dust crystal or two along the way. Now he can play the sneaking game.
[97% Aura, since they're not direct hits.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 18, 2016, 10:41:55 AM
Right when Nathan started needing to lean forwards to get a shot in, he stopped firing and crawled back. Getting up into a crouch, he turned Ergia into its staff form and waited. As a second thought, he grabbed a hand-sized crystal of Kinetic Dust about 2 metres away before coming back to his spot, both weapons at the ready.

(Aura: 100%)
(Ergia slugs: 250 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 18, 2016, 11:06:25 AM
Cata waited for the first opening he can get and fired a barrage of 5 rounds before trying to get closer. He knows how this should go, this is like what he does everyday, and he's not forgetting it.
[Each of the is usually 3%]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 19, 2016, 07:18:09 AM
Nathan remained in a crouch, waiting for his opponent to pop into view. Gunfire sounded shortly after another, smaller wave of rounds hit the mountain, a few merely passing overhead. A sharp bang sounded as a small Dust crystal reacted badly to the attention.

(Aura: 100%)
(Ergia slugs: 250 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 20, 2016, 12:26:23 AM
Catalina is quite furstrated by the constant failliue of hitting his opponent. Deciding to change the stegergy, he started to work his way up the mountain, carefully avoiding crystal patches and trying his best to conceal.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 20, 2016, 06:42:51 AM
Nathan was still in a low crouch, ready to strike or dodge at a moment's notice. His attention was concentrated on reacting as quickly as possible to anything that came into view.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 20, 2016, 08:42:35 AM
The moment to assault and the outcome of the first hit make a big difference, Cata knows that much. He waited patiently out of sight, waiting for Nathan to make the first move.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 20, 2016, 08:44:04 AM
Nathan's mind and stance hadn't changed. He had the advantage, he was damn well gonna use it. Being ludicrously patient also helped quite a bit.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 20, 2016, 09:31:44 AM
Climbing up slowly definitely is not a good plan, but he needs to get up there somehow. Well, if he can't climb up, he'll jump up! Using the airtime to spot clearly, he fired a round on where Nathan is hiding, then slammed down on the back of his head.
[Again, the bullet is 3% and the slam is 10%.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 20, 2016, 11:32:09 AM
Nathan saw his opponent burst past the edge of the small plateau he was standing on, aiming what looked like a rifle at him. Not wasting time, he rolled forwards, managing to not avoid the projectile sent his way by a hair and a half and dodging the Grand Slam by about just as much. Whirling as he spun to his feet, he aimed one of the staff's ends directly at Catalina's temple, swinging with as much force as he could muster. Wether or not it landed, he'd keep the movement flowing into a defensive stance.

(8% Aura damage on hit)
(Aura: 97%)
(Ergia slugs: 250 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Dr. Gustave on October 21, 2016, 02:33:41 AM
(From what I'm reading, Nathan probably would have avoided the slam, but he would have been hit by at least the gunfire. Edit your post.)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 21, 2016, 02:55:47 AM
Catalina gathered himself as quick as possible, pulling up his rifle to parry the incoming attack. It's still not quick enough though, and it's the barrel instead of the staff that hit his temple.
Bearing the hit, he used his parrying rifle to push off Ergia away, sliding into his guard, freeing his right hand to infuse lightning dust into his aura on the way, and reached the hand toward his opponent's wrist, then grips as hard as he can forcing the Nathan to drop his staff.
If he can get the grip he'll spin the parrying rifle around, transform it into Take that! and try to knock the dangerous staff out of Nathan's hand by swinging it at his wrist;
Otherwise he will go for a full body ram to what looks like a patch of kinetic dust, then fires a shot at the patch of dust.
"Hey say something you spectators, It's really boring to fight without some cheering!" He cheerfully added.
[Aura: 95%]
[The lightning dust in his aura makes a sight shock and nothing else since it's just a handful of crystals, and the swing would be 5% and may knock Ergia out of Nathan's hand;
The ram does 10% to both of us if it connects and knocks Nathan towards that patch of dust. Then the round fired would probably make the patch explode doing something.]
Edit: Added Aura.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 21, 2016, 01:37:17 PM
Nathan couldn't avoid his enemy from grabbing him, but even then it wasn't too bad. He quickly spun around and to his side, brutally wrenching his wrist free and unknowingly avoiding the strike at him as the opponent's weapon swooped behind his back. Finishing his turn, he faced Catalina again with a defensive stance. Seeing the displacement, he realised the guy had apparently tried to ram him and missed.

(Aura: 97%)
(Ergia slugs: 250 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 22, 2016, 01:49:31 PM
He's getting annoyed from this, he knows and he has to not lose his head. Yeah, no, I don't want to be in the firing range of that barrage again. Nor do I want to be hit by that death staff of heat again.
Trying to close the distance again, Cat readied Take that!, swinging his sledgehammer into his target's fingers, with again the intention to smack the staff onto the ground or somewhere where picking it back up again would not be possible without giving openings to his attacks. If it missed he'll have to put down his hammer to just standing by and do close-quarter combat.
[The swing is 5% and you can dodge or not get Ergia knock off whatsoever if you don't think it will.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 22, 2016, 02:06:24 PM
As Nathan saw the large hammer bearing down onto him, he thought better than trying to block and heftily moved back, the hammer passing by his fingers. Managing to be aware enough about his environment to not trip on a Dust crystal or just plain walk off the plateau, he moved back in and swung Ergia at Catalina's left hip, planning on resuming a defensive stance as quickly as possible.

(Swing: 5% Aura damage)
(Aura: 97%)
(Ergia slugs: 250 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 23, 2016, 09:34:30 AM
On a second thought, it might not be so bad to leave his opponent with the staff, as long as Cata can stay close so that the staff can't hit him. Trying his best to stay close, he approached the Green-gray looking opponent with a anticlockwise circular movement, barely outrunning the staff's end and get hit by the middle. As he got closer he put the hammer on his back and delivered the left knee towards the stomach and two hooks, one to his face and the other to the back of the head.
[94% aura, the hooks are 3% each and the knee to the stomach is 5%.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 23, 2016, 10:38:50 AM
Nathan knew just how bad he was at close quarters. Instead of just standing there and getting mauled, he stepped back and around his opponent, replicating the general direction of an anti clockwise spin while getting a bit of distance from Catalina. This allowed him to rather easily dodge the hits being sent his way, although he had to lean back a bit to keep the punches from connecting.

Right. The guy fought melee. This was good and bad. Nathan was pretty sure he could keep some distance between him and the guy and just let him tire himself out, but that'd just take too long to fully work - if his opponent even ended up tiring out. Instead, while maintaining a good distance, he started swinging Ergia. A first hit with one end aimed at the left thigh, a second one with the second end aimed at the enemy's right side and a third one with the first end again, this time aimed at the left temple and/or shoulder - or rather, at that general area.

(Each strike: 5% Aura damage)
(Aura: 97%)
(Ergia slugs: 250 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 25, 2016, 01:53:07 AM
Catalina raised his hammer again upon seeing it'll be difficult to get close, transforming back into rifle but were hit by the spinning staff before he could do anything, and followed through and duck to avoid the second hit completely. He aimed and emptied his cartridge on Nathan the first moment he knew the second spin passed, still lying on the ground as he did so. 3 of each targeted his two legs and the remaining 8 were spread evenly onto his torso and the immediate side of it. Once again ignoring the result of the rounds he got up standing, again ready to infiltrate the opponent's guard. Where was that dust patch again?
[Aura: 92%]
[Still 3% each hit, take as many as he can't avoid.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 26, 2016, 06:19:45 AM
Nathan did not see the close-range rifle blasts coming. Thankfully, it was a rifle and he was almost in his face, so he didn't take that many hits. Every single one stung like a mofo, but he dealt with it. Turning up the heat, he pressed forward again, aiming a quick jab into the guy's chest before going into a defensive stance. He wasn't about to make the same mistake twice.

(Ergia is now heated up, adding 5% Fire damage to strikes and probably even more if you try to grab a hold of it :P)
(Jab: 7% + 5% Aura damage)
(Aura: 79%)
(Ergia slugs: 250 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 26, 2016, 11:36:51 AM
Only now Cata realized how desperately outmatched he is. Shorter reach and less firepower and hitting weaker with weapons!? No thanks, gonna make all the effort in disarming that huge staff.
On the mouth he said "I don't hit exactly hit hard on the fists, so give up on the stupid weapon crossings and try me close!"
[The following grab attack was granted by Nathan]
He said it's just 'stupid weapon crossings' since he is confident he can parry the staff hit for hit. He's not wrong for now, but he needs to deal damage, and swinging isn't exactly great against stabbing in a range. As he swung his hammer into the tip and got some recoil so serious that it damaged his aura, he ran straight for Nathan again and broke out his semblance-three spikes spontaneously emerged from his aura, two for the eyes and one on the throat, while holding the hammer with another aura tube and having the head sliding to have the staff trapped in the right angle between the head and the handle-barrel again. Hopefully taking advantage of his instinctive eye-closing, Catalina got a grip again on Nathan's wrist, this time with both hands. Take that! came crashing down using the momentum at the same time and just before it hit his own hand, the hand covering his wrist moved revealing the his own repulsion crystal excited by the current! And the well timed hammerhead hit the crystal right at that time, making a point blank shock on Nathan's wrist artery. Which is protected by the aura thankfully, otherwise the hydrostatic shock is going to do some long term damage.
Surely the shock is going to make him drop the huge staff! Or so he thinks. He just hoped his opponent don't pull of something so good that it makes him on the receiving end of a 'rules of nature' moment.
(Sorry for the writing style, but none of them are autohits, obviously)
[Aura at 82%]
[Spikes each hits for 4%, but they're mostly a distraction. The Take that! is 8%, and the crystal probably clocks in at 10% at most, and did 7% to Catalina himself.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 26, 2016, 12:06:17 PM
Nathan used the hit on Ergia to bring it close to him again without using any of his own energy. Right. He wanted hurt? He'd get it. Nathan ducked as the guy ran at him with friggin' spikes on his face, but then two hands were on one of his wrists and he was sorta powerless to wring himself free - lest he use his semblance, but he wasn't at the end yet and therefore preferred to keep it nice and warm in his pocket. The hammer hit hard, but he remembered to use the pain as an incentive to tighten his grip, not let go, and so kept going. The fact that his hand was grabbing at the staff with all its might because Spike Face had electrocuted it also helped quite a lot.

And after all that, he was still up close and personal with his opponent, a bright orange glow lighting both their faces. Nathan saw the mistake. And put it to use.

Keeping himself within his enemy's grasp, he retaliated by simply pressing Ergia into the guy's thigh. And holding it there.

(Ergia held against Cat: Roughly 20% Aura damage per second, based on the previous fight with Gray where the guy held it for what seems like roughly half a second and took 10% Aura damage)
(Aura: 61%)
(Ergia slugs: 250 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 27, 2016, 11:37:07 AM
As soon as Cata felt the wrist moved he knew both that he fucked up and what's going on as a consequence. Scrambling to roll he still got hit right on the back and turned to get up behind Nathan. Trying to make him take exactly what he dealt, he reached and tried to lock his staff with his hammer from the back and pressed onto the opponent in front of him. Then a lightheaded feeling came and he knows this is from that move with his semblance but luckily he just has to held his position and can easily recover. He also glanced back to make sure the closest dust patch probably isn't possible for him to be knocked on and delivered a knee to back of Nathan's thigh.
[Aura at 72% and going down]
[The knee is 5%, the lock is 4% per second to Catalina and the 20% to Nathan if came into contact.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 27, 2016, 01:37:01 PM
Ooooof course the guy squirmed away. Nathan wasn't too worried about it, though. The longer this lasted, the more he knew his opponent.

Right when the guy broke contact and made for a quick getaway roll, Nathan stepped slightly away from him to give himself more breathing room. Carefully studying how his opponent moved, he saw him start to get back up and, as a feint, Nathan ducked into a ball and quickly swiped Ergia at Catalina's legs, evading the hammer that went at empty air above him. As he was stepping back from the blow, getting ready to deal with whatever was thrown his way again, a knee surged towards him - luckily, since he hit with his staff, the blow didn't reach him.

(Leg strike: 5% + 5% Aura damage)
(Aura: 61%)
(Ergia slugs: 250 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 28, 2016, 09:11:31 AM
Okay, screw this I'm outta here. Unable to deal out anything advantageous against the overwhelming Ergia, this has to be the only choice. Skipping just over the heat staff of death with one leg still in the air,, Catalina ran for the nearest cover before his opponent can turn and notice. Okay. What to do?
Did something: ShowHide
Firstly the burnt back hurt like hell, Good news is I can deal with that. Now to rearm. What to do to not get melted by the heat? WITH HEAT! Pouring a split of fire dust into his aura and Take that! in a ratio of 3:1, the heat damage should be neatly neglected thanks to the second law of thermodynamics. He knows this is the estimated maximum concentration of dust in his regular surface area aura field. The other parts of the capacity of the hammer was filled with air dust. The cartridge was loaded with 2 healing rounds, then 15 explosive rounds, then shock-explosive-shock alternated for the rest.

Loaded and maybe ready, Catalina peeked for a chance to strike or shoot again.
[Aura still 72% because the cause of damage didn't came into contact.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 29, 2016, 11:01:38 AM
Slippery git. The guy had actually jumped over him and was in the process of running for cover. Knowing fully that going behind cover = ranged option, Nathan ran the opposite way, Ergia turning into assault rifle form on the way. He slid just on the side of the plateau, managing to get a grip with his feet right before his shoulders went past the edge and readied Ergia. This was a really, really good firing position, and the other guy would need to make himself vulnerable to get a hit in.

Taking aim at the random boulder behind which his opponent was hiding, he readied himself to pull the trigger as soon as the boy would peek out in any way. Speaking of which, he was in the process of doing. How neat!

A brief hail of tungsten was sent on its merry way.

(Slugs: 3% Aura damage each, Nathan will only fire when Catalina is peeking or in the open)
(Aura: 61%)
(Ergia slugs before post: 250 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 29, 2016, 12:11:05 PM
Great. A one person version of trench warfare. At least this cover is something, so he had to aim under fire.
Whatever.
The cover did it's job fairly well, as only 2 bounce-offs and one direct hit impacted Catalina over the course of 5 seconds taking aim, and pull the trigger twice. A shock round and explosive round flew to their target, in that order. With Nathan being so close to the edge as he vaguely saw, he wondered if he's lucky enough to shoot his opponent off the cliff.
[Aura at 67%]
[The shock round can shock for 5 seconds and do 1% damage, the explosive round does 2%]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 29, 2016, 12:32:52 PM
Nathan had been pulling the trigger in small bursts - no point in full auto, precision was the name of the game here - for a few seconds when a small ball of electrical sparks exploded in front of him, making him reflexively bend down a bit. He wasn't able to manage a lot of bending down due to his position, but enough to get his head out of sight. Another round zoomed past Ergia while he was going down.

Dammit, this wasn't going to work. While he was pretty certain he had the  overall advantage endurance-wise, he would greatly prefer to not have to stretch the damn thing out. But what could he use? LR crystals were still in development as well as massive overkill, and he hadn't brought any -

Oh. Oooooooooooh. Of course.

Acting fast, he grabbed hold of the bright, hand-sized kinetic Dust crystal that jutted out of the cliff/slope to his right and yanked it out of its socket. Man, that thing was heavy. He quickly threw it over his head in the general direction of Catalina's cover, overshooting a bit to make sure it'd reach him, then popped back out, aimed and fired at the pirouetting chunk of volatile material.

(Dust crystal detonation: 15% Aura damage plus possible knockback, may not detonate in mid-air if slugs fail to hit it)
(Aura: 61%)
(Ergia slugs after post: 215 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 29, 2016, 01:08:26 PM
Whaaaat… with artillery strikes too, totally accurate simulation of trench combat. Fortunately that thing's slow enough, and Catalina found an angle to duck so that the blast don't catch him full on and the boulder didn't crush him by rolling on the him.
I want to do that too… but I my aura's all heated up wait. Can I do that? He can't try it out immediately though, since Nathan can just have any patch of dust blow up in his face if he tried to grab it.
He saw how little Nathan exposed on the cliff, almost as if he's in another trench. Since the ground were quite rugged, he decided to do yet another trench warfare thing: crawling! That way he can't get a clear visual on him, and he can approach Nathan rather unnoticed until he got close enough and hopped over the only obstacle delivering a slam with his Take that! on his opponent's head whack-a-mole style, then side rolled away from where he expected Ergia to press down on him.
[Aura at 60%]
[The slam is 8%.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 29, 2016, 07:44:53 PM
Nathan'd been growing weary. The silence was too loud, too long. Something was going on, and it was probably bad for him. He concentrated on trying to hear anything - anything at all - and scooted to his left a bit, as much as the ridge would allow, all the while turning Ergia into staff form.

And then the cliff right besides his face seemingly exploded, sending debris out in droves. He didn't waste any time trying to figure out what was going on and jumped straight back up onto the plateau, landing into a defensive stance while Ergia flared to life. This time, on top of the bright orange glow, a faint crackle of electricity could be seen - if you were at just the right angle.

(I know Cat's Aura is now heated, but I'll say it anyway. Ergia is now heated up, giving an additional 5% fire damage to unprotected (by heated Aura) strikes. It's also electrified, giving an additional 3% electrical damage per strike.)
(Aura: 61%)
(Ergia slugs: 215 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on October 31, 2016, 02:54:22 PM
Catalina couldn't waste time getting up. Instead he have to attack Nathan from the ground until there is an opening time for him to get up. And it seemed intuitive to grab on the ankle right in front of his eyes.
So he rolled closer and did just that. Then to make the most of it, he yanked and pulled and all so he could hope to trip his opponent and/or help himself up.
Hopefully now in the back of his opponent, he tried to either knee his opponent in the back if Nathan's still up or hammer on the upper back if he's lying down. Or if he's still in body contact he can stomp on his opponent.
[Aura at 60%]
[The contact deals 8% aura damage per second contact and the knee is 5%+2%heat and the hammer is 8%. Getting stomped on probably does 7%+2% damage.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on October 31, 2016, 03:14:01 PM
Nathan let out a startled yelp when something seared his skin through his jeans and Aura, and turned to face whatever the heck that was.

His opponent, lying on the ground, was grabbing his ankle. That... was unexpected.

And then the guy pulled, hard. Nathan didn't have time to brace and went on his back, thankfully thinking to roll out of the way as a loud sound of crushed rock ringed to his right. After having rolled away, he got up in a twist, finishing to be facing his opponent.

(Aura: 53%)
(Ergia slugs: 215 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 01, 2016, 08:46:57 AM
Now Catalina can tell going close is the way to go. But his staff is menacing even in that close, and he still have his semblance to take care from. But he tried all other ways and knew this is how he'll win, if at all.
He approached with a series of moves: first he swung from the longest distance possible at Nathan's shoulder whlie walking close, spewing one third of the air dust to accelerate the head. Then when it hit or was blocked, he would spray his flame in close range and chase even closer. Finally he would jump on Nathan's knees and fire 3 shots mid air. Quick hit and run bursts like these should be effective enough.
[Aura at 60%]
[The swing is 10%(1+0.4*0.25) equals to---11%… flame is 5% damage per second and will keep for 2 seconds, getting jumped on is like 2%+2% heat on each knee then the rounds are still 2% each.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 01, 2016, 11:35:11 AM
Nathan easily sidestepped the swing, even while it was supernaturally fast. He then suffered through half a second of blazing heat before stepping to the side again, only to see the guy rushing him. Not having any of that, Nathan rolled forwards, avoiding all but one rounds and, getting up, swung a hard hit at the dude's back.

(Swing: 12% + 5% + 3% + possible muscle spasms due to electricity, feel free to entirely neglect the heat)
(Aura: 48.5%)
(Ergia slugs: 215 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 02, 2016, 12:18:48 AM
Just when Catalina tried to turn around he saw the staff flying towards his arm. Barely flung up his arm he redirected the hit to brushing his forehead and moved back with it. Before Nathan can follow up up he fired shots from close range again one at a a time until there are two left while keeping range so he won't get hit by the staff or get unloaded on.
[Aura at 50%]
[Each round still does 2% with a radius of 2 meters.]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 02, 2016, 02:14:17 PM
Good, some kind of hit! This stalemate was fun and all, but they didn't actually have all day. Or maybe they did, Nathan hadn't checked.

And that's the moment where a barrel, too far away to smack off-target, leveled itself at him. Not hesitating a split second, Nathan ran like a madman to his left and just dove off the cliff, turning off Ergia's extra features as he impaled it into a weak point in the rock - he still, however, got hit by a round on his way out. Hanging off, he didn't wait for the sounds of small explosions to die down. Reaching below him, he ripped an orange crystal out of the cliffside and threw it at the vicinity of the opponent's last known location - because said cliffside, while providing extremely useful cover, was also preventing him from seeing the plateau. Y'know, opacity and all.

(Crystal: (10% fire damage + probable shockwave) if somehow detonated, be it by impact or because it happened to be within one of the rounds' blast radius)
(Aura: 46.5%)
(Ergia slugs: 215 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 03, 2016, 04:27:26 AM
Nathan ran so fast he dissappeared after only the third shot. Aha, now he can try that out. Immediately running towards a hand sized gravitional dust, Catalina changed the concentration of fire dust on his hand so it was not burning hot and pulled it out when an explosion occurred somewhere. Not trying to confirm what happened, he threw the gravitional dust on the edge of the cliffside and it created a vortex pulling in stuff not far enough or firmly attached to the ground. He stood at a safe distance preparing to shoot Nathan if he comes out.
[Aura at 50%]
[The gravity can cause disorientation and may pulls him up into the vortex which could do like 5% damage]
[Shots still 2%, can fire up to 13 shots if entirely uninterrupted]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 03, 2016, 12:21:57 PM
Oh for crying out loud! Really??

Well there was just no way he was moving, then. Nathan braced himself against Ergia, putting his feet flat against the cliffside as a purple-blue-black thing of a maelstrom formed just over the plateau's edge. At least he was in a good position to resist it.

Damn, standing nearly upside-down and not having blood rush to your head felt weird.

(Letting you get the initiative for when the well will die out, just be sure to account for Nathan's reaction speed ;D)
(Aura: 46.5%)
(Ergia slugs: 215 | 300)
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Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 05, 2016, 05:14:22 AM
Catalina knows when the vortex dies out Nathan will most likely comes out, and prepared another charge swing when that happens, with a spike firing towards where he predicts he will be dodging.
[15% damage]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 05, 2016, 06:44:33 AM
Nathan knew very well what the guy had planned for him, due to his previous experience. Probably a swing at his head again, or something equally bad. Or, y'know, just aiming the rifle at his general vicinity. Both options were thoroughly unacceptable.

The vortex died out, and Nathan wasn't the recipient of an absurdly fast hammer swing or a small hail of bullets. Good. Looking around his section of cliffside, he noticed a large, thigh-sized crystal of Kinetic Dust sticking out right below him. Passing his legs around Ergia, he let himself dangle off and stretched his arms to their limits, barely managing to get a solid grip on the giant piece of explodium. After a few seconds of struggle, he pried it loose - and nearly let it go, the weight being quite substantial.

He started to gently sway. Once, twice, three times, and then flexed with all his might, sending the large chunk of unstable stuff careening over the edge and directly towards the center of the plateau, where it would impact.

(Detonation: about 20-25% Aura damage, possibility of getting blown off the mountain)
(Aura: 46.5%)
(Ergia slugs: 215 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 07, 2016, 10:45:47 PM
Catalina almost swore audibly when he sees that huge orange dust hurling towards him. Scrambling is an understatement to describe how desperately he's running before the dust detonated sending him further. Well time to return to sender, he thought as he broke a nearby fire dust crystal into three handfuls, throwing them onto the surroundings where he saw the kinetic crystal last flew up, having the grounds burst into flames. If he tries to get up he would definitely get burnt.
[Aura at 40%]
[3-5% damage per second if Nathan runs into the flames]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 08, 2016, 06:46:46 AM
Nathan was still hanging onto his staff, which was still lodged within the cliff. Man, he'd tried to wrap things up faster, and this was only stretching on. The large 'boom' sounded, partially muted by the monolithic mass of granit in the way.

Not much happened for a few seconds, then three smaller bangs, followed by the roar of fire, made themselves known overhead. Oh, come on. Seriously? Sure, they were both good and kinda evenly matched, but this was something else. Well now there was no way he was climbing back up with that figgin' napalm up there.

(Literally nothing happens.)
(Aura: 46.5%)
(Ergia slugs: 215 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 08, 2016, 07:53:20 AM
Welp, this is one of the expected outcome. Cat can take his time, it's just his time that he will be choosing too use. To prepare the trump card... he emptied out his cartridge, took the bottom two rounds and counted and put back the rest. He still have 10 explosive rounds left. Reaching to take the three same kind of rounds from his toolbox together to have 5 of them and again he's somewhat ready for Nathan who could be coming up anytime now that the fire has extinguished.
[Aura at 40%]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 08, 2016, 08:00:41 AM
Nathan waited. And waited. And waited. Damn he was patient. The fire was probably out by now. Still, he could probably hold this place for a while, as boring a 'fight' as that would be. There was no way he was just going to run into a blatant trap; instead, he just stayed there.

Bringing himself back up, he set foot on Ergia, holding himself against the cliff with one hand and onto the staff with the other. Looking upwards and listening out, he was ready to both jump up and rip Ergia free of its socket at a moment's notice.

He never would've thought he'd be using his weapon as a branch substitute.

(Aura: 46.5%)
(Ergia slugs: 215 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 08, 2016, 08:40:16 AM
Fine. You beat me in patience. Not going to stall the situation any further, Cata just walked towards the cliff, peeked at his opponent's position and immediately jumped back, having his hammer swung to meet the probably flying up opponent. This fight will be great again!
[Swing for 8% damage]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 08, 2016, 09:28:16 AM
[Grab graciously allowed by Siuwa.]

Nathan heard the guy approach and tensed, ready to jump out of the way of any shots that may come. Instead, he just looked as Catalina swung the hammer at him.

From waayy too far away.

Just as the head smashed a tiny portion of the cliffside apart, Nathan jumped up, grabbing the handle right above the head and using it to pull himself up, all the while removing Ergia from the weakness in the stone. As he almost quite literally flew upwards and over his opponent, he activated Ergia's effect and bapped the man in the head before landing on the other side and swinging hard, trying to make him fall off the cliff.

(Head bap: 5% + 5% + 3%, possibility of slight confusion. Swing from the plateau: 10% + 5% + 3%, could Knock poor Catalina off the cliff or upset his balance enough to make him fall or scramble.)
(Aura: 46.5%)
(Ergia slugs: 215 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 08, 2016, 11:17:31 PM
Catalina didn't just watch and got rekt. Instead he evaded the head bap and turned to face Nathan, and tried to swing back against the staff. It is not quick enough to block it though, and he swung it at Nathan instead, standing firm and not getting knocked off. Then he sprayed all the remaining dust and started chasing him back.
[Aura 27%]
[Hammer swing has 10% aura damage, and the flame can deal 4% damage for 20 seconds at most with and range of 5 meters]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 09, 2016, 05:33:22 AM
Yes! A hit! Fucking finally, this was getting somewhere!

Ducking under the hammer swing, Nathan could only back up and run away from the goddamn heat, getting singed a bunch before reaching a safe range. After that, he basically just kept his distance from the other guy, making sure to not get squeezed into a corner like a newbie.

(Aura: 34.5%)
(Ergia slugs: 215 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 09, 2016, 11:12:49 PM
Jeez, he was quick.
Shaking to check the contents left unused, hmm... 10 sec ot so...
Whatever. I can shoot away again!
Take this hardly dodgable distance gained, Cat transformed and fired shots again, keeping the shots low and have them explode on the ground near Nathan. That way he can maybe do damage more reliably.
[Each shot still does 2% damage over 2 meter radius, he have 10 shots left]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 10, 2016, 06:00:42 AM
Oh for crying out loud! Again?? Fine. Be that way.

Running around and getting caught in a few blasts before ducking behind the boulder that was previously used by Cat, Nathan turned Ergia into rifle form and, when the tranformation was completed, came out with the greeting of a hail of tungsten. At this range, the guy stood little chance against an automatic assault rifle.

(Aura: 28.5%, he got caught in 3 shots)
(Ergia slugs before post: 215 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 10, 2016, 09:54:19 AM
Cata chased with firing when he saw Nathan running Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! and did swore audibly FUCK!! when he saw the assault rifle pointing at him and received a hell lot of pebbles and shots flying around trying to duck into the opposite side of the boulder. Just have to use it now, it seems.
Cat smashed his trump card right on to his back.
The back still figuratively burning received a great cooling and soothing effect immediately, his aura strengthening and he can turn around and fight once again.
With that said, well, thought he moved faster around and turned to attack again!
[Mentally cue Before my body is dry (https://youtu.be/ccSckvQYnCA) if you want to. Or something you wanted to cue for a comeback.]
First he will move around and catch up to his opponent on swinging range. Then the fight should be over in this series of moves, maybe. Cat concentrated his aura field on the front and sprouted a battering ram onto Nathan as spontaneously as possible on his center of mass and make sure he will give him a Take That! on the direction he dodged, spewing whatever he's got left to make sure he got the hit on Nathan. If the match isn't over by then he may have to throw it or something in order to engage in hand to hand combat, and it'll be the coolest win/lost he will ever have!
[The battering ram attack could be hit with at most 12% damage. His swing can deal 7% to 13% damage taking account of what there is still in for the muzzles to spew out.]
[Aura at 18% and rising]
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 10, 2016, 12:46:38 PM
As soon as his opponent started closing in too much, Nathan switched Ergia back to staff form, activating the heat and electricity as soon as the transformation was complete. At the ready, he turned to Catalina as the guy rounded the boulder. Not waiting to see what he had in store or for him to get a bit too close for comfort, Nathan bunched up a bit and jumped onto the boulder, narrowly avoiding whatever the fuck it was that had just shot past his legs and simultaneously getting a bit too far for the swing to reach him, although the heat escaping from the head of the hammer singed his toes a little.

He had him.

As the hammer crashed into the boulder's side, Nathan jumped towards his enemy, swinging Ergia as fast as he could without using his semblance at the general neck, chest, shoulders and arm area of the man below. He didn't put too much weight behind it, though, partly to keep mobile but also to not injure his opponent.

(Diving swing: 10% + 5% + 3%)
(Aura: 21.5%, -7% due to the stuff in the nozzles)
(Ergia slugs: 200 | 300)
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Uncouth T-Rex on November 11, 2016, 05:29:26 PM
Jack Pettibone watched patiently from the stands, smirking the entire time. Know your enemy and know yourself, and you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. He was not about to make a mistake like the one that had almost cost him the match with Murk. Not against Nobody, especially not then.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 12, 2016, 05:12:10 AM
Oh. That's cool, aaand block...
Nope, can't make it, NO! Catch! He knows this is absolutely bringing himself down and he won't be winning whatsoever, but if they go on all the way then it would be a literal sudden death and in no way he would be participating in-
It stung. Like. Hell. OW! And the whole arm is aching!

What?? No? The match hasn't been called, no turning back now!
He mustered all his strength in his other hand where it didn't ache at all and threw it away at Nathan's general direction and missed. The attempts at jabbing was meet with jabbings from the staff point-for-point and to jump in buzzer.

Jumping back out he glanced his aura gauge and his aura is just above 15% and still rising.
But why? Thinking about this his right palm and hurt and didn't hurt in a quick succession. Under the familiar feeling of his right hand mending he can make sense of it and come up with a theoryhypothesis. It's a hypothesis. So when he made the aura battering ram he didn't move it back quick enough to his right hand and got full power smashed on.
That said better check for a bit. The muscles is aching and the joints- he winced at touching it but it's not flailing around loose so that can't be too bad. The palm is a bit worse however and is reddening.
Seeing the medics waiting at the exit he picked his hammer up and walked to them and have them check.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 12, 2016, 11:57:26 AM
Nathan couldn't stop himself from grinning a bit as the blow landed. Yes, thank fucking goodness, this was over!

...Wait, what? No buzzer? The hell? The grin dropped like a ton of bricks as he watched his opponent's face contort in pain. What?? Nathan still managed to dodge the wild swing and gently booped the guy in the stomach. Aaah, NOW there was a buzzer.

Nathan disengaged and looked up at one of the signs displaying the Aura meters. Huh, weird, Cat's was rising. Funky. Well, as far as he could tell, he won. Now, to take care of a little something...

Transforming Ergia into its normal cylinder shape, he started jogging towards the hammer wielder, putting his weapon in its harness as he came up to him. "Hey, man, you okay?"
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 12, 2016, 05:54:45 PM
Hearing what his opponent said and clearly responding to it,
The aura level's up, hopefully. Just still gonna check it out. Stopping to pick the hammer up and gathering to speak, BY WALKING AWAY FROM THE BATTLE, I ACCEPT THE OUTCOME OF THE VICTORY OVER CATALINA GLENN- (leaned on the wall next to the exit already) BY NATHAN EAU. (Returned to a weaker voice) Now, medic please check my arms for potential injuries.
Edit: Specified the first sentence is to respond to Nathan then smoothed the whole process.
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: nathan67003 on November 12, 2016, 06:57:56 PM
Oh thank goodness, he seemed mostly fine. "Hmm. Well, lemme know if I can do anything. That fight was fucking awesome, by the way. You were a great challenge."
Title: Re: First Year 1v1 2nd Round: Catalina V Nathan[Limited: 2/8]
Post by: Siuwa on November 12, 2016, 07:50:12 PM
Cool, the officials is here along with the medics, one thing he can request them. I request my post match analysis to include the technical reason I lost, either by sensing critical aura, outspoken forfeit or the act of touching the wall of the arena or something else. Continuing to check if he is alert or verbal or in agony, which he sure is alert,
Good match Nathan, you beat me soundly.
He is informed that he outstretched his right arm, and his fingers at his left hand and right palm received slight heat burn. That is something he is telling the media waiting outside. Hopefully.