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Two down, just two more to go before Kresnik gets his chance at making it to Heavy where he can hopefully catch that gunblade toting jackass who beat up his sister. But before that, the pale rider does have the small matter of dispatching an angry canine to deal with. Nanaki’s previous opponents may have fallen to the ferocity of the wolf-like creature Kresnik now faces, but he’s dealt with worse and came out on top. Already much faster then Nanaki, Kresnik’s Adrenaline Rush will propel that speed to an insane level, to the point where he’ll be easily keeping ahead of the beast and reducing any of his more mystical abilities to scratches at best. With Kresnik’s defenses, speed advantage, and limitless healing to offset what damage his opponent does make stick, he doesn’t even need to worry about dodging a limit. Just trigger it, survive it, and heal before Red can follow up on it. After all, the beast gets one shot at the limit, and once that’s gone, he’s just another dog. |
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Honestly, is it too much to ask to get an opponent who isn’t a one-note joke? First "Rar! I hate evil" and "Typhlosion, Tyhplosion" and now Mr. "I love my sister"? Is this really the best the league has to offer up? Or maybe they’re wanting him to rip out the throats of all these losers and forgettable generics? Yeah, that has to be it. Certainly Nanaki will have his efforts rewarded with some actual competition in the finals. It’s not like getting there will be at all problematic for him, of course. Kresnik, while known for his speed and disgusting magical defense, is equally known for his damage...or lack thereof, anyway. With his gunshots best described as pathetic, Kresnik will be struggling to even approach Red’s damage output, despite his speed advantage. And that’s before Nanaki’s wide selection of brutal limits come into play. With Kresnik’s inability to do anything but chip Red’s life down slowly, he will certainly be facing an Earth Rave at the least, or dare we hope…a Cosmo Memory? |
Gatewalker Making his way to the arena, flanked by Yuffie and Cloud, Nanaki flexed his claws a bit and took a few deep breaths, preparing himself for combat. Looking around the audience, he curled his lip a bit at all of the various Wild ARMS folks in the audience, all here to cheer on the Pale Rider. Noticing the same thing as his friend, Cloud nodded slightly and proceeded to keep a weary eye on the rest of the Brionac members gathered, "You just worry about Kresnik. He seems like a pretty upright guy, so I don't think he'll try anything funny. The rest of those punks though…you just leave them to me, got it?" Yuffie raised an eyebrow at the ex-SOLDIER, "You mean 'leave them to us' right Cloud?" "Yeah, that." Ignoring Yuffie past that, he pointed up near where Lamba and the rest of Brionac was sitting, "Vincent's already in position, and we've got Barret up in a position to snipe, with Cid on call for air support if we need it." Nanaki snorted, "A bit excessive there, isn't it? Don't do anything dumb and get me knocked out by disqualification." In a rare display of amusement, Cloud grinned, "No worries. We're staying out of it unless those Wild ARMS freaks get involved first. We're just here to make sure they stay out of it." As the bell rang, signaling the start of the fight, Cloud gave his friend a confident slap on the shoulder, "Take this guy out and get your tail up to Heavy, huh?" With a feral grin, Nanaki's only response to Cloud was an amused snort as he lunged for his foe, not letting the Rider have a chance to start digging into his defensive game. - - - Nearly fifteen minutes later, Nanaki was starting to worry about the outcome for the first time. His attacks, fast and punishing as they were, were meeting an extremely effective barrier in the defensive powers and healing that Kresnik possessed. On the upside though, the Pale Rider seemed to be in no better shape, panting with exertion with every shot fired and every spell cast. Then, out of nowhere, a white robed figure came hurtling in to the arena from above…it's path seemingly aiming straight for the fighters. Barret, in his high vantage point, was the first to notice it, and began shooting at it wildly, hoping to knock it off it's course enough that it landed in the stands instead of the middle of the fight. But with the speed the figure was going, his bullets were the only things that went into the crowd, causing no few irritated spectators to begin firing back at his position with whatever they had handy. In the stands, Cloud(who was now sitting right next to Lambda after the latter had managed to unobtrusively slide his way down a few seats into the front row only to suddenly find himself between Cloud and Yuffie) was keeping one eye on the match with the other not letting Lambda out of his sight for a second. As such, he wasn't watching the sky, and was quite surprised when the shooting started. Assuming that Barret was taking a shot at some Brionac goon that was making a move, he whipped out his sword and started laying into the ones near him, which prompted Yuffie to do the same, and before long a massive brawl had broken out in the stands. In the meanwhile, the falling body continued it's course unhindered, and landed directly on Kresnik, knocking him to the ground and making his head spin with the force of the impact. Seizing the impromptu advantage, Nanaki was on him in a flash, forepaws slamming onto his chest to pin him down as those wicked fangs closed swiftly, but somehow gently, around his neck. As Red made eye-contact with him, and applied a bit of pressure, Kresnik got the point and knew what he had to do. Dropping his ARM, the Pale Rider held up his hands in the universal signal of surrender. Letting his grip go, Nanaki backed off and turned his eyes to the judges, awaiting their verdict. As the judges conferred to determine if the falling corpse that hit Kresnik counted as interference or not, a rather amused voice entered their minds, as well as the minds of the two fighters, {I have already investigated the source of this matter. It was entirely accidental, and therefore should not be considered interference. Now, you may wish to do something about that minor war going on in the stands before it spills out into the streets.} Not seeing a need to argue with Mewtwo, the judges let Kresnik's surrender stand. Nanaki had won! Of course, it was quite awhile before the audience was calmed down enough to hear the announcement. It took Maria Balthezar doing ballet through the stands to actually settle things down enough. She did this while piloting Seibzehn, of course. The 'settling down' consisted mainly of squishing everything. But hey, what else is new around here? Kresnik Ahtreide: 35 Draggy
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