ALLEVY & MARUT

ALLEVY & MARUT

The elderly man from before stood back at the podeume, he was a lot more pumped then before and quickly began speaking.


"WOW! What an amazing first round, and now the winners have been put in the hat, and the next match is... "


The large man pulls a hat from one of the assistants hands and pulls out two slips of paper. "ALLEVY NASH AND MARUT OSHAUNNI" He said with a booming voice.

"Same rules apply, and have fun gents!"

The avian humanoid stretched one arm across his chest briefly as his name was called, before he moved his gaze toward his opponent. Moving towards his opponent, he sized up the other youth, making his own biased mental judgments of his opponent. He debated internally whether he should let his opponent introduce himself, and even allow him to make the first move. And then he had a Vietnam-esque flashback to a certain dark skinned fairy who had taken just such an opportunity to explode in his face immediately.

A collective screw that resounded through his head.

Giving his opponent a moment to prepare himself- He would afford his opponent that much-, he lunged. He closed the gap between the two of them in a few moments, mailed gauntlets glinting dangerously as he approached. His arm whipped out at his opponent, aiming to strike the youth before he had a chance to defend himself.

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Made by a Melon!

"This thing tastes awful." Allevy thought to himself while waiting to be called up onto the stage. He currently had something in his mouth that he was sucking on slightly, a piece of candy or something, but it appeared to be a tiny bit large since there was a slight bulge in his cheek.

Allevy grinned and waved at the audience slightly as they called his name as he entered the arena. He was somewhat popular somehow, that was new. Also it was kinda refreshing. He kept an eye on his opponent though since the call to begin had already been sounded and found opponent also looking him over. He also noted the obvious bird traits. "A Rito huh? Some of those birds could be pretty scary when fighting hand to hand." Allevy thought to himself, seeing no visible weapons on his younger looking birdlike opponent. He did see a pair of armored gloves though, and his opponent suddenly rushing at him. 

"Oh. The rumored full frontal first attack." Allevy raised an eyebrow as he watched. His opponent was just a little bit slower than him it seemed though.

In a smooth and swift motion, Allevy moved forwards as his opponent took a swing at him, then shifted his body to the side while lowering his arm that was previously raised for showboating, intending on trapping his opponent's arm under his armpit. With the distance between them at point blank now, drawing his dagger would have been difficult, so he simply swung his head forward at the Rito's with the intention of headbutting him into the floor.

So he wanted to meet Marut head on, huh? He could live with that. As his foe brought his arm down in an attempt to lock Marut's hand under his armpit, he simply accelerated to meet up. His hand was "caught" under his foes arm-pit, yes, but that sort of hold was a tenuous one simply due to the leverage of the shoulder- Gripping something via the arm pit was never the most stable way to hold something. And Marut actually wanted something more binding, so he had his kind-of bound hand grab onto the lad from it's position, getting a fistful of his shirt to hold on to. His opponent may have been faster, but he had just put himself in a close quarters grapple with Marut, which by far favored the avian boy. Like this, his mobility was restricted, and they were too close to reasonably draw and swing a weapon.

The acceleration also brought him closer in for when his enemy attempted a head butt. Realizing dodging would be rather moot due to the close quarters and speed at which he was moving, he simply grit his teeth and angled his head, causing the head butt to really be more of a smashing together of foreheads. While this stung a bit, he could keep his footing relatively easily his head simply bounced back a tad- Not to mention since it had been a clash of foreheads, his opponent would likely be just as disoriented as he was. Headbutts were a pain in the ass like that.

His left arm, looking for something to do as the rest of his body whirred in motion, would simply bring itself up and jab into his opponents torso, almost simultaneously with the clash of their skulls. At such close quarters, it would be insanely hard to miss, given his proximity to his target and the speed of a jab.

[One Quarter Heart suffered in damage from the Headbutt. One attack launched (Jab), 3/4ths of a heart if it lands.]

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Made by a Melon!

Unfortunately, Marut's jab would hit something, but not really a body as within a moment, the only thing he was grabbing onto was a light black vest that Allevy had been wearing, but removed within an instant, putting some distance in between the two. After a couple hops back, he was now only wearing a longsleeved black shirt with his belt tying his vest still in place. "The Nash Special Substitution Technique!" Allevy flashed a grin to his opponent, drawing his dagger.

"Anyone ever tell you you're too impatient?" Allevy spat out his "candy" onto the ground which emitted a blinding flash the instant it made contact with the hard arena floor. Allevy then drew his Hookshot which had been fastened behind his waist and fired it at Marut from a distance.

[Used "Dodge" Skill, threw a Deku Nut then fired Hookshot for 1/4 of a Heart of Damage]

Dude shrugged off his shirt? Well, the vest at least. Thankfully his opponent wasn't some weirdo who stripped to fight. That'd just get awkward for everyone real fast. Marut chucked the now useless vest off to the side, moving to pursue his enemy even as he hopped back. By the time Allevy stopped moving, Marut would still be within a few paces of him: Which unfortunately, put him in a perfect position to get blinded by the Deku Nut his opponent threw. One arm moved to cover his eyes as he shut them just before it went off, only barely registering the threat before it went off. Too late to block the effects, but not too late to try.

"Tch."

Marut moved his arms in front of him as an instinctive guard, his eyes wincing as his vision only slowly returned to him. Like this he probably never could have hit his opponent on his own. Luckily, his opponent was kind enough to give Marut a road map to where he was standing. The hook shot would launch out and strike Marut in the torso, knocking the wind out of him. But it also slipped right into his arm guard, as his arm snapped around the chain of the hook shot even as it struck his gut.

He grabbed the chain, and as it retracted back to it's owner, he let it guide his movements. His vision was still blurry, but when he was being pulled to his target, he didn't need much. His free arm lashed out almost instinctively as he closed in on his enemy, aiming for a quick strike at his torso.

[One Quarter Heart suffered in damage from the Hookshot. One attack launched (Jab), 3/4ths of a heart if it lands.]

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Made by a Melon!

 "Troublesome brat."  Allevy thought to himself  as he "reeled" his opponent in. The Rito was stubborn, but also somewhat predictable fortunately. Once they were close enough, Allevy swung his dagger horizontally with the intention of smacking the blow aside using his superior reach, though he resisted slashing at his opponent's arm directly since he wanted to knock him out not dismember him, so he hit his opponent's gloves where it wouldn't cut directly. Unfortunately, Allevy miscalculated just how much force was behind his opponent's punch, so he only managed to deflect it to avoid getting hit directly, taking a glancing blow to the arm. Despite this, it was still quite a punch and was still enough to deal some damage. Perhaps a change of plan was in order.

Allevy pressed the switch on his dagger's handle, causing a section on the hand guard to unfold and half of his blade to spring outwards, slashing vertically at Marut without Allevy actually taking a swing at him. If his opponent's strength was his.... Strength, Allevy's speed, variation of attacks and superior reach was his.


[Took half a heart of damage from a glancing blow, extending his sword out to its full length and slashing for 1/2 a heart's worth of damage] 

(Sorry for the short post, but I'm using a mobile device.)