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Week 3 - Quarterfinals




Ryu (BoF3) Ryu vs Elc Elc (AtLC)

Lezard Valeth
Nobody knows what happened at the Ryu Vs Elc match.

It happened like this: Match starts. Mid way during the match an Edge Eblan and Timelord on a run from a raging Piastol and Ghaleon runs into the arena.

At this point Edge throws a smoke bomb which covers the arena, followed with a voice which vaguely sounds like those two coming from the direction of Ryu and Elc followed with Tempest Dance and Fate Storm into the direction of said voice.

When the smoke clears, it's obvious to the two that their target has already departed and they are off to hunt them down.

The DL security team has wisely let them go for obvious reason.

"What was that about," ask Megaman X?

"Beats me", Zero replied.

"So how do we solve this," X ask again?
"Coin toss, what else."

So X toss the coin and it lands on....

Ryu: 25
Elc: 11


Fereydoon (WA5) Fereydoon vs False Althena False Althena (Lunar2)

DjinnAndTonic
The great Goddess Althena eyed Fereydoon suspiciously. What was this affront? A loyal servant of another tyrant sending one his best soldiers against her in the arena?! Outrageous.

She knew Fereydoon to be a loyal soldier, so the merciful goddess decided she would give him a chance to surrender before destroying him with a Ray spam.

Surprisingly, Fereydoon named a price.

"Wait, I thought you were the intensely loyal Knight Templar-type?" She asked, incredulous.

"I am, but you're a Goddess and Volsung is kind of emo, so if the pay is better, I can be persuaded."

False Althena considered this. Well, he -was- better-looking than her other generals...

And so Borgan found himself without a job.

Fereydoon: 8
False Althena: 23


Nate Nanjo (Pers) Nate Nanjo vs Orlandu, Cidolfas Orlandu, Cidolfas (FFT)

superaielman
Oneupsmanship can be an ugly thing. When Edge threatened to invade Ivalice with the backing of Baron and Eblan kindoms, solely to piss off Cid and distract him from his fight.

Orlandu's response lacked in eloquence. He merely pointed to Nate and mentioned that whatever happened to Nate, could happen to Edge. Cid hit Nate -so- hard with Holy Explosion that he not only killed the heir to the Nanjo fortune in one hit, he knocked him several years into the past, causing such a severe tear in space-time that several Great Old Ones managed to escape from the infinite outrealms to terrorize various world, along with once again releasing Nyarlathotep to trouble Nate's home world.

Edge took a hint and very quietly apologized for threatening to invade Ivalice.

Nate Nanjo: 4
Orlandu, Cidolfas: 32


Brahms (VPs) Brahms vs Empyrea Empyrea (DQ8)

Gatewalker
Empyrea lay unconscious in the center of the arena, flat on her back after being inverted and slammed in a single fluid motion from the vampire lord.

The crowd was stunned into silence by this unbelievable turn of events.

After all, everyone thought Brahms had a bit more class then to just flip the bird in public like that.

Brahms: 28
Empyrea: 22




Ho-Oh (PKMN) Ho-Oh vs Edge Eblan Edge Eblan (FF4)

superaielman
Edge's entrance into the arena was silent and graceful; typical for the prince when a lynch mob or Piastol wasn't chasing him for all he was worth. The question of how to handle Ho-Oh was easy enough, as the legendary bird had no more defense against his Fumas and Catclaws than Groudon.

Or so Edge thought. Ho-Oh was equipped for bear, as the bird had taken special training in Kanto with other legendaries. The bird had reached his maximum potential, and had been gifted with an alarm clock, which completely blocked his sleep status. Edge's bitter complaints to the refs about Ho-Oh cheating and bending the rules was met with laugher (Luca Blight), taunts (Shijiro), and recommendations for a warmer climate for the Prince to visit after the fight was done (Jogurt).Edge, in complete frustration, screamed to the sky about 'both he and Ho-Oh being struck down with Lighting if this was fair!"

On cue, bolts of thunder ripped through the arena, pummeling Ho-Oh and Edge both. Ho-Oh was superior to the prince in most stats, except for thunder resistance and speed. The thunder staggered poor Ho-Oh and took far more out of him than it did Edge, and leaivng him easy fodder for a quick Fuma to the throat and an easy win for Edge.


Pissing off deities on a regular and thorough enough basis to be on 'Asgard's most wanted' list has it's advanges.

Ho-Oh: 18
Edge Eblan: 35


Nina Wyndia (BoF4) Nina Wyndia vs Kasumi Kasumi (Suikos)

Gatewalker
Kasumi nodded at her opponent, hand raised, "Ready?"

Nina brought up her own fist, "On the count of three."

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

Kasumi's hand came out flat while Nina's had out only two parted fingers.

The ninja's face darkened as she nodded in defeat. Nina smiled, turned on her heel and strode out of the arena.

In the judge's booth, Fayt was frankly confused. Looking over to Mirage, he voiced his puzzelment, "So am I missing something? Unless they play Rock-Paper-Scissors by different rules around here, Nina won that. But...she just forfeited the match by leaving."

Mirage raised an eyebrow, "What, you think she wants to fight that perverted ninja in the next round?"

Fayt grimaced, "Oh. So I guess this is one of those cases where the loser wins, huh?"

Nina Wyndia: 25
Kasumi: 26


Lyon (S5) Lyon vs Joshua Joshua (FE8)

SageAcrin
Joshua knew what to do in this battle.

The last cold-hearted swordmaster he'd met, he'd turned the heart of.

Wouldn't be any different this time.

---

"I swear." Lyon sighed.

"This place really is full of perverts." She finished, as she turned her back on the smouldering arena.

Poor Joshua.

Actually, he was just going to tell her about his noble cause in his war.

And then stab her when he got bored, but that's irrelevant. The point is, perversion wasn't in it.

But the girls of the DL are, rightfully, a bit flighty.

So, never begin a conversation by commenting on their looks. No matter how innocent.

It could end badly.

Lyon: 34
Joshua: 10


Tony Eisler (MK) Tony Eisler vs Rayquaza Rayquaza (PKMN)

Jo\'ou Ranbu
Renee scratched her head as she looked at the Pokéball handed to her by a very confused Vayne. She could hear Tony's muffled screams from it, and it seemed they were far more annoyed than usual.

"So, let me get this straight. The idiot actually took my suggestion straight."

"Um, ahahahaha, I guess!", Vayne said embarrassedly. "It was pretty ugly, though. The minute Tony tossed that pokéball, Rayquaza got really angry and started biting his face out. I have no idea how Tony still managed to -ride on him and bonk Rayquaza in the head with the Pokéball- afterwards. But that only got him angrier, to the point of tossing Hyper Beams on the Suikoden 4 scrubs' dorms. After that, Tony just sorta fainted or something, falling to the ground, and I think the dragon got the idea of tossing a Pokéball along with another Hyper Beam just to add insult to injury."

"Well, that's disappointing. I sorta hoped Tony would prove himself useful for once. Although this isn't really half-bad", Renee smiled maliciously.

"Um... you don't plan to hurt him more, do you? Nurse Joy complained for half an hour before agreeing to have Tony healed..."

"Oh, don't worry, I won't. I'll just have some fun. Thank you~!"

With that, Renee left, giggling madly as the confused alchemist in training watched her. Whatever Rayquaza had done to Tony, it certainly couldn't be more humiliating than what the mischievous girl had in store from him.

Tony Eisler: 14
Rayquaza: 19




Ryudo (G2) Ryudo vs Miakis Miakis (S5)

SageAcrin
Miakis knew what to do.

She'd been told everything about these men.

Why, just a day ago, one had tried to hit on Lyon during a match!

No, no, she knew knew how this battle had to be fought.

The moment Ryudo opened his mouth, she struck him down with fury.

No quarter given.

---

"You mean she didn't even let you show her the picture? What a witch." Millenia muttered.

"Yeah, really." Elena sighed. "It's such a cute puppy, too."

"Well, I wa-ow, damn it, stop bandaging that so tight! Anyways, I was kinda hoping getting her a puppy would make the fight a little easier, but the poor mutt mostly just needed some place to stay..." Ryudo sighed. "Oh well. Maybe one of you two will take it?"

The fighting over Ryudo's puppy could be heard for half a mile.

But Miakis heard none of it. She was relaxing, content in her strategy and ready to share it with everyone.

Lyon was right.

Don't give any quarter to them.

That's the only way to be safe...

Ryudo: 12
Miakis: 37


Elly van Houten (XG) Elly van Houten vs Rikku Rikku (FFX)

SageAcrin
Bonk.

Bonk bonk.

Bonk.

Bonk bonk bonk.

Bonk.

---

"I...this idea sounded so much better in my head." Elhaym sighed, smacking the barrel in front of her once again.

Rikku had challenged her to the most noblest of pursuits, a keg-splitting contest.

Why keg-splitting?

Well, she ran through contests until she found one the judge hadn't heard of done in the DL before.

Regardless, Elly had agreed.

Rikku, confident, prepared explosives.

Elly bonked her on the head with her Lunar Rod.

And now was working on the keg. Very slowly.

It turns out that a stick wielded by a skinny girl doesn't actually split kegs that well, impressive martial arts techniques notwithstanding.

And, naturally, the keg was magic resistant. Of course it would be, it was gotten from a local bar.

(What kind of bar in the Duelling League wouldn't have kegs that resist magic, be constructed as well as possible, and have a missile self-defense system? Naturally, the last was off for the contest.)

And so, five hours later, Elly got to go home after chipping a deep enough groove in her barrel.

As Rikku snored.

Loudly.

The entire time.

Elly van Houten: 34
Rikku: 20

Ageant
I feel bad for Rikku, she might be optimistic, but like Thom Yorke has shown, that can still lead to depressing things.




Nanaki (FF7) Nanaki vs Dekar Dekar (Lufia2)

Dunefar
It's a little known fact that Lufia 2 characters have limit breaks! In particular, Dekar has a devastating move known as the BlastMaster. In a battle of tough fighters with loads of reserves, it comes down to the last shot. Let's be honest here: Cosmo Memory sucks. BlastMaster kills hordes at once. I think the result is clear.

Nanaki: 16
Dekar: 37


Massimo (MMXCM) Massimo vs Elaine Elaine (S3)

Gatewalker
Activating his Glint Armor, Massimo swung his giant lance in a wide arc and howled his defiance, "This is it...full power! Finishing Strike! Berserk CHAAAAARGE!"

In the silence that followed Elaine's prompt obliteration by that technique, the sound of Zero literally face-palming echoed through the stands, "Finishing...? Ugh, I think he's been taking his training with that Lawfer guy a bit too seriously..."

Massimo: 22
Elaine: 12




Opera Vectra (SO2) Opera Vectra vs Miluda Folles Miluda Folles (FFT)

Ageant
Miluda may be a revolutionary, she may be the sister to a crazy possessed goat man, and she may have ye olde English going for her. However in this match it's what she doesn't have, and that's a friggan laser cannon.

Opera Vectra: 45
Miluda Folles: 7


Leena (CC) Leena vs Zhuzhen Liu Zhuzhen Liu (SH1)

Taishyr
"And then... I PULL ANOTHER RABBIT OUT OF MY HAT!" Zhuzhen announced to an applauding audience, completely ignoring the rather incensed Leena in the arena across from him. Setting the rabbit down gently on the arena floor, Zhuzhen looked back up to see Leena right in his face. "I am going to utterly waste you for making me wait around so much."

"Oh, come now, dear. You didn't enjoy my tricks?" Zhuzhen smiled - and getting a frying pan to the face for his effort. Grunting, "Fine, fine. Bunny, sic 'em!"

"... you're trying to tell a bunny to kill me." Leena said, slowly. "That is not only the most bloody idiotic thing I've heard all day - keep in mind I'm from Chrono Cross, if I don't hear brain-hemorrhaging things from Razzly every other minute it's a miracle - but it's also insulting. I may be in Light, same as you, but don't you think that I can handle a rabbit? I cook rabbits! For meals!"

"I'm from the world of Shadow Hearts." Zhuzhen smiled - hardly kindly this time. Leena paused, before her eyes widened slightly...

...and that was when Bunnythulhu claimed her, dragging her back into the depths.

Leena: 15
Zhuzhen Liu: 36

Ageant
Zhuzhen don't know about Leena's spatula skills. He'll never look at grilled cheese the same way again.




Cinnamon (MMXCM) Cinnamon vs Steena Steena (CC)

Taishyr
No one quite remembers how this match actually went.

Some have hazy recollections of a summoned Garai transforming into a humongous robot calling himself Garaidyne.

Others remember Cinnamon's transformation sequence into Spicy Cinnamon.

Still others, including the judges, remember the exploding werewolf that Spicy Bondage Cinnamon's final form used in a last-ditch effort to stop Empress Steena XIV, Queen Of The Outer Reaches And Princess Of Peaches.

And yet others recall the nuclear porpoises shooting chainsaw missiles at a crazy guitar-wielding madman with ten knives clenched between his teeth.

When all was said and done, Cinnamon was the only one in the arena (and quite confused, at that), and thus claimed victory by default.

Steena was later found fishing off the city coastline, and had no recollection of having a match scheduled at that time.

Cinnamon: 22
Steena: 12


Relm Arrowny (FF6) Relm Arrowny vs Colette Brunel Colette Brunel (ToS)

Ageant

Colette wins this one to due to comedic pratfall.

Relm Arrowny: 19
Colette Brunel: 26