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Week 2 - Eliminations




Orlandu, Cidolfas (FFT) Orlandu, Cidolfas vs Royce Royce (Lunar1)

DragonKnight Zero
It was admittedly a longshot not even certain to work. But with no hope of dealing out enough punishment by standard damage dealing, T.G. Cid was willing to resort to a gamble.

"Shellbust Stab!"

Moments later, a pack of horny men (and a few women) mobbed Royce.

"Does this constitute interference?" inquired Lavitz from the judges' box.
"They trampled Orlandu on the way so I guess it doesn't really matter. Seeing as he was knocked out first" replied Cecelia.

Orlandu, Cidolfas: 22
Royce: 43

Xeroma
An old man versus a young witch. Surely, this would imply an obvious matchup.

However, Orlandeau is a gentleman of the highest caliber, and is very straight laced and serious in battle no matter how attractive the opposition may be.

Too bad Royce has Flame Bird cheese. Mmm, cheese.

Starphoenix das Helpoemer
The great battle between Orlandu and Royce came down to one thing:

Who could beat the other stupid whilst said other was in a burlap sack?

Given the amount of experience Royce had with said talent... she handily won...

Setting the burlap bag on fire, while a nice cosmetic touch, is still in poor sportsmanship... but whatever...




Zio (PS4) Zio vs Jessica Albert Jessica Albert (DQ8)

Joou Ranbu
Zio expected to be able to outmatch Jessica in every way. After all, he was blessed with the powers of the Profound Darkness, and far more accomplished than the gypsy-looking mage could ever hope to be in the arcane arts. Not to mention he looked prettier and used better hair products than that s- ahem. Anyhow, he was better in every way that he thought to matter.

Sadly, he forgot about pandering. And, since he was to fight Jessica in a beauty contest, this was the biggest deal.

You see, while Zio in a one-piece brazilian bikini might have its niches as a fantasy (albeit all the wrong ones), Jessica's generous cleavage and more feminine-looking features (...) certainly brought her ahead, not to mention she has plenty of suits to appease to her public. As such, when Sten and Brahne began bludgeoning Zio for his clothing, nobody was surprised. Jessica herself didn't cause much of an impression, but apathy is enough to overcome searing pain.

And that was quite possibly the most pointless win Jessica ever garnered in the Duelling League. Zio, on the other hand, still can't go outside his quarters without wearing a burka under penalty of being lynched by angry mobs.

Zio: 25
Jessica Albert: 28

RadLink5
Even Zio can't deal with the swarms of fanboys Jessica's sex appeal draws.




Celes Chere (FF6) Celes Chere vs Cloud of Darkness Cloud of Darkness (FF3)

Meeplelard
"So you told her about that move, right?" said a young boy in red armor with a weird onion-like helmet.

"I did. She didn't believe me. Not sure why, guess she figured its unreasonable for me to know so much about someone I never met..."

"...but you did meet her. You're even in the same game as her...technically..."

"I tried to tell her THAT as well. I guess she's just jealous I got into the big massive series cross over, and managed to get an easier opponent," Terra said, sighing as she watched Cloud of Darkness walk away from an easy win.

Celes Chere: 12
Cloud of Darkness: 33


Millenia (G2) Millenia vs Empyrea Empyrea (DQ8)

Xeroma
Millenia was prepared. With a big crossbow and Spellbinding Eye, surely a bird would die fast.

Except this isn't Fire Emblem. Squawk squawk.

Millenia: 12
Empyrea: 44




Melbu Frahma (LoD) Melbu Frahma vs Nicholai Conrad Nicholai Conrad (SH2)

Xeroma
Fact: Dark god empowered young males hit entirely too hard for mages to handle. Who knew?

Melbu Frahma: 14
Nicholai Conrad: 21


Georg Prime (Suikos) Georg Prime vs Squall Leonheart Squall Leonheart (FF8)

Joou Ranbu
Squall knew how to handle this fight. Like most people, he'd just play it defensively, taking the brunt of injuries as well as he could to unleash his mighty Renzokuken once he was close enough to death, taking advantage of a typical heroic trope. It served him well in many fights, and it would serve him well in this one. So, as Georg unsheathed his blade, the SEED smirked.

And that smirk was awkwardly engraved in his face as Georg, as quickly as he entered the arena, swiped through Squall and delivered a single, fatal blow, splitting his body in half as swiftly as the Queen's Knight sheathed his sword back. Seems like he wasn't quite prepared after all.

LESSON LEARNED: a poor limit fighter shouldn't hope for his opponent to reach an exact lucky range. It usually backfires. That said and done, Georg gracefully accepted his victory and went onwards, maybe against a less inept and luck-reliant opponent.

Georg Prime: 38
Squall Leonheart: 25


Precis Neuman (SO2) Precis Neuman vs Zidane Tribal Zidane Tribal (FF9)

Taishyr
One is a monkey-man, a chivalrous pervert.
The other is a cheerful girl with a knack for invention.

----

"Wow. Is this an honest fight coming from Zidane, of all people?" Chisato mused, leaning back in her chair. "This has the makings of a new headline..."

Morte nodded a bit. "I'm not sure it's any surprise - the two kind of have similar personalities, perversion aside. But - oooh, that was a good hit by Zidane!"

As Zidane finished the duel with a blow by the flat of the blade, Gilgamesh grinned. "Bet you two that as soon as it looks like he's gonna lose his next match, he goes back to his old ways."

"No deal." The two other Behind the Scenes members shook his head as Precis was revived and the two shook hands, before leaving.

And then a massive sonic boom erupted through the arena. As Chisato slowly looked up, a voice boomed out:

"THIS IS THE POWER OF THE ANTI-PERVERSION LEAGUE OF THE DL. WE SHALL END YOUR TYRANNY, ZIDA-"

"OHMIGOD THEY'RE BOTH PREHENSILE!" Precis screamed, flushing a deep red, before turning and running out of the arena. Chisato frowned, before looking over to Zidane-

"... Morte, get Zidane some damn clothes. Gilgamesh, fetch my eye bleach."

----

Deis was severely chided after the match. She, too, remains unrepentant.

Precis Neuman: 20
Zidane Tribal: 42

DragonKnight Zero
Legality questions aside, a little known fact about the Algol shield is that it's instant death effect is (randomly) triggered by damage even if the wearer is facing away from the attacker. However, this special effect is nullified by any equipment with instant death resistance such as Reflective Armor and Seraphic Garb.

It hardly matters here anyways as Zidane squashes mini Precis in two attacks. The hit rate on the instant death isn't that high and her damage is gone when tiny.

Xeroma
Zidane was prepared. He had all of his good status moves lined up and everything.

Too bad Precis's voice killed him right off the bat. ParaBOLA Beam and whatnot.




Garland (FF9) Garland vs Grahf Grahf (XG)

SageAcrin

"Next, on our fabulous tour of celebs in the League, theeeeere's Garlandy-warlandy!" A strange, silver-haired...woman? half-squealed to a camera-toting Gobi, as she(?) rushed over to him. "Quick, quick, quick, tell us your strategy for this match!"

Garland paused, as this strange...person babbled inanely at him.

On the one hand, he was already running late for the match.

On the other hand, since when did he give a damn about that? Besides, they'd probably wait long enough for him to take care of some personal issues.

He smiled, and cracked his knuckles.

---

"I'm still confused." Brey noted, as he watched Garland proceed to beat the hell out of literally nothing at all. "Well, no, I understand why everyone else is seeing what apparently is a very well made up cross-dressing Ghaleon; You actually listened to Edge."

Lexis nodded. "I didn't have any better ideas." He agreed.

"Edge, in turn, somehow always makes money off of betting on Ghaleon's mental instability. And evidently this image projector is very effective, if Gobi will actually film that happening. But why Garland again?"

"Fuse told him he couldn't get in trouble with the law enforcement in the League if he did it." Lexis stated.

"...Okay, that makes sense enough." Brey nodded. "Now, why are you bothering at all to do this?"

Lexis shrugged. "Simple. Edge has kept me from chasing Selphie chasing a train the last time I was inventing anything."

"...Why am I here, then?" Brey asked.

"You're not." Lexis said simply, as the reality around Brey flickered.

"...that's an impressive machine." Brey noted, as he yawned down at his pajamas, and sat up in bed.

Ultimately, Brey wasn't surprised when it turned out that all of this wasn't a dream.

He was, however, very frightened when the image projection machine turned up missing later.

After all, only one other person knew about it...

Garland: 20
Grahf: 33

superaielman
There's only room for one aging villian in Heavy this season. What better way to settle this dispute than with a comparsion of each's talents?

Resume(s) of a cliched father figure villian:

Grahf- Granter of power, destroys Gears with his bare hands, defeated by the Contact, the Guardian Angel of Solaris, and Miang's backup host body; also partly responsible for the madness of the Contact.
Garland- Creates Zidane and Kuja, loses to said monkeyboys and their addled friends, and is bald; fully responsible for the existance of Zidane Tribal.


The facts were clear. While Grahf was responsible for Fei angst (A crime punishable by Death), Garland.. well.. Zidane. Kuja. He was promptly laughed out of the building- and considering the judges were Seifer, Kletian, and Evil Gaia, it was a bad sign for Garland's chances as future villian of the week.





Scythe Riebauer (WA4) Scythe Riebauer vs Jeane Jeane (Suikos)

DjinnAndTonic
Scythe Reibauer lounged around the DL pre-match waiting room, his arm careless draped over the shoulder of his beloved Belial. He hadn't bothered to do much research on his upcoming opponent after hearing he was up against some flimsy mage-chick.

Belial smiled sweetly up at him, uncharacteristically adoring. She wanted to see him succeed so badly. Scythe, of course, decided it wouldn't hurt to get a little 'pick-me-up' before the match, even if he wasn't concerned about his opponent. Besides, he kinda liked it. He was kind of sleazy like that.

And so, true to his nature as a 'Crimson Noble', he savored a bite of his beloved's neck, letting his girlfriend's inhuman power flow into him. He was ready for this match.

Jeane was ready, too. She'd heard tales of the would-be vampire's power. While largely unsuccessful, he was formidable none-the-less. She had done some research, however, and was more-than-prepared as they walked into the arena.

Belial cheered for her lover from the stands.

Jeane's plan was ready. She would avoid her usual Lightning Rune strategy for something far more sinister - a Charm Rune strategy.

Scythe was a dedicated man, to be sure... but one look at Jeane and he joined the ranks of types like Zidane and Edge.

...and Belial would be having none of that.

Jeane's just lucky that Belial had the typical tsundere-anime-girl reaction to beat up on her lover instead of the seductress.

Scythe Riebauer: 12
Jeane: 40


Beowulf Kadmus (FFT) Beowulf Kadmus vs Bo Bo (BoF1)

Taishyr
As is usual fare when two opponents find it too distasteful to fight each other, an alternative contest is called. This time, it was an eating competition. Beowulf started out faster, but Bo managed to outpace him at the Choconuggets section...

...and then Beowulf turned Bo into a statue and finished the contest.

Bo later retaliated by dropping Ox on Beowulf while he was digesting his food, but that's neither here nor there.

Beowulf Kadmus: 55
Bo: 8


Shion Uzuki (XS) Shion Uzuki vs Lucius Lucius (FE7)

Taishyr
"Nononono! Your figure, it's adorable! With my new Zippy Science Dress, you can really flaunt it!"

"Ma'am, really, I insist! I'm a priest, I can't-"

"Oh, don't be silly! With Zippy Science, we can get it any color you need it to be!"

In the end, science won over faith.

Lucius' hair was braided, and he got a miniskirt with tanktop and bra, "tastefully" covered with the imagery of his faith.

He then proceeded to get dragged into a back room by no less than half of the Fire Emblem cast, including Florina, Eliwood, Raven, Priscilla, and Nergal.

Shion was praised as a hero for a period of time, before suddenly running off with a mysterious red-haired man. Then Kevin came and snatched her away from Heat, who to this point still remains unapologetic.

Shion Uzuki: 37
Lucius: 18

Xeroma
Shion in a duel. Do I really have to say anything?




Anastasia Romanov (SH2) Anastasia Romanov vs Gerik Gerik (FE8)

Xeroma
Ana was so excited! She had all of her best spells lined up and ready to roll!

Too bad Gerik planted his [term for large sharp yet blunt object] into Ana's [term for region of body above neck but below hair]. We all know how THAT goes.

Anastasia Romanov: 29
Gerik: 20




Lunn (Lunar2) Lunn vs Chidori Yoshino Chidori Yoshino (Pers3)

Taishyr
Chidori looks vaguely like what people would call a gothic lolita.

Lunn is somewhat equivelant to an old man.

The end result was logical.

--

"...Did she just tear out his intestines?!"

"OHMIGODSHE'SGOINGFORTHEFACE!"

"... That was... delightfully brutal."

--

One nosebleed was all it took for Chidori to go berserk.

Lunn's parts are still being recovered.

Lunn: 19
Chidori Yoshino: 24


Rude (FF7) Rude vs Mist Mist (FE9)

Meeplelard
"So...explain what happened again?" Ike said

"Well, I figured since I knew I couldn't beat him, I'd talk him into simply not hurting me, and even bribed him with a special recipe."

"So...you're giving him something cause you gave up?"

"I never said what I gave him was GOOD, now did I?"

"...well, that explains the vomitting I guess...though I thought your cooking improved far beyond that, Mist."

"Just cause I'm better doesn't mean I still can't make attrocitious meals, you know!"

Rude: 31
Mist: 20

Xeroma
Poor Mist. Can't use her staves and her horse doesn't matter in a duel setting. Sure, Rude is hardly amazing in a straight up fight despite the shades, but even he can handle a healer who can't heal herself reliably.




Piccolo (S3) Piccolo vs Miranda Miranda (G3)

Xeroma
It's Piccolo. You'd have to be Jogurt for this not to be horribly one-sided.

Piccolo: 19
Miranda: 23


Aeris Gainsborough (FF7) Aeris Gainsborough vs Ruprecht Ruprecht (SO2)

Dunefar
In many ways, this match could be seen as a religious gathering. God's Ten Wise Men drips with religious symbolism and Aeris has holy themed limit breaks, especially in Great Gospel. Like any religious event, this will draw the faithful from far and wide; but you must understand the crowd. This is a group from RPGs and they see a dainty woman defending herself against a dirty old man?

Take a wild guess on what's going to happen next.

Aeris Gainsborough: 39
Ruprecht: 25

DragoonKnight Zero
Seeing Ruprecht beaten around with an umbrella would be a funny sight wouldn't it?

That was not to happen. While Ruprecht sending in Jibril to stand in for him was both highly illegal and an instant DQ, it was worth it to torment Cloud. Both Cloud sobbing upon seeing Aeris eaten and watching him try to injure Jibril when the glutton was protected by also illegal plot powers.

Xeroma
For all intents and purposes, SO2 wisemen are utter and complete jokes barring a few of them.

Good thing Aerith is a bigger joke, huh?