Season 31, Week 2
Lorelai
(Suikoden Series)
 
Lorelari must wonder why she should waste her time fighting for the amusement of others. After all, it's not as if there are any Sindar secrets to be gleaned in the arena. Still, full-time hunter isn't exactly a well-paying position, and one must make ends meet somehow. At least her first opponent, the bandit Yangus, is the sort of person she has a lot of experience with - Lorelai has more than a passing knowledge of how to deal with uncouth louts after hanging out with the likes of Killey. Her blazing speed and high-powered lightning magic should allow her to blitz through this match. If Yangus doesn't fall to two shots of Furious Blow, it shouldn't take more than a snap of Lorelai's whip to finish it.

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Cor blimey! Looks like Yangus is a bit late to the party, what with all ‘is friends gettin’ to fight last season an’ all. Oh well, nothin’ for it but to get hisself a Middle title and get on up to Heavy wit’ his mate Angelo, wot? Shouldn’t be too hard, right? After all, who’s gonna stop him, some bird wit’ a whip? Ha! After spending so much time wi' Jess, that's nothing unusual for him. It shouldn’t take more than one shot of Executioner or two whacks from a Parallax to put this fight behind him. Or, if reg'lar damage won't do the trick, a few shots o' the Executioner ought to finish this up. Being the honorable bandit that he is, Yangus don't much like havin’ to beat up a girl, but a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.


CmdrKing
Lorelai wasn't in a big hurry to fight Yangus. His rough and tumble style mixed badly with her furious whip-work, and she was really nowhere in her league when it came to experience.

Yangus, meanwhile, wasn't too happy about fighting Lorelai either. He'd seen too bloody much Lightning magic in his adventures to be keen about fighting someone with it.

One would think they would have picked up on this mutal hesitation when they tried to work out another solution, but it just didn't happen. As such, they discuss the matter at length, unable to find something fair, until a shadow-blurred figure smirked smugly to get their attention. "*smirk* I think I may have an idea for you..."

And thus the two were taken to the supersized Not Ranked Arena to fight out their battle with a little enhancement that neither was experienced in. Their benefactor explained from the Judge's box. "You have been assigned the mechs you chose. Both of you have been given 150 Will for purposes of this duel. Make the most of it, and begin!"

Yangus stared at the control panel of Shin Getter Robo with more than a little confusion. "Bloomin' 'ell, and 'ee said them doodads was simplified." Shrugging, Yangus closed his eyes and poked the device at random. "Guess I just hit a button... right, it's doin' somethin'! Guess I should shout like they does in these shows..." And so as the mech responded, entering the proper stance for Stoner Sunshine, Yangus shouted "COooooooR! BLIMEY!!"

Only to miss.

Yangus tried a few more times, to the same result. Soon enough, he ran out of Energy, and sat there more or less helpless. Right after this, Lorelai seemed to figure out her own controls, and easily trashed him for the victory.

Later, Lorelai looked up at her mount with some puzzlement. "Who would have thought picking the prettiest one would work out so well? 'Valsione'... what a strange name."

Still smirking, Shu Shirakawa watched the young woman leave. It hardly counted as revenge, really, but watching Yangus lose entirely to Double Image was far more entertaining than it had a right to be.

Lorelai: 51
Yangus: 26