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originally posted in:The New Dojo
4/10/2017 12:01:23 AM
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"Damn right she doesn't." Alex said as he stepped beside the girl, his blade drawn. Anne took a step beside Sera as well, with her Magnus aimed.
The army around them pulled their strings tighter...
"Oh! So feisty! Truly, truly Zane's child! Ah! A nightingale. A girl born with darkness in her heart but only ends up illuminating the world!" The Mistress went on.
"Your father was the same. And your brother? I assume he's similar? After all the training he has done with the old king? Oh, what was his name, Tywinn?"
"How the hell would you know that?!" Alex asked. His hand on his hilt clenched.
"Oh, I know MANY things. The great thing about an army of children, is that no one expects them...
Until they are dead, of course."
The mistress brought up her wrist, and a holographic display popped up in front of her. Faces and names were all over the projection, and Sera recognized the boy in the Inn. She tapped all of their faces and a large red X popped up after she did so. After briefly doing that, she resumed the conversation.
"Now, that being said, you indeed know my goals here. I want you, Alex. Dead or alive, it doesn't REALLY matter. But I would like your say in the matter." She offered.
"You won't be taking him either or!" Anne let out as she took aim at the Mistress. But the woman ahead of them wasn't even close to losing her cool.
"Little night dove, you should calm down. We wouldn't want your feathers to get all flustered..."
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"You talk all this big shit, but yet you hide begins children and have them as slaves! Daddy must have abused you as a child for you to be this fûcked up."
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"Okay calm down now." Alex whispered to Sera as he put his hand on her shoulder for reassurance. "My! What a mouth! You, miss, need to be taught a lesson." The mistress said. "No. You won't be teaching anyone anything. She has a point. You hide behind an army of kids you've trained to kill since they were born. You may have conditioned them, Mistress, but there's only so much someone can do for a person without trust or loyalty." Alex started to explain. "What are you getting at? I care for my pets and love them, as long as they serve me." The mistress asked him. "What I'm getting at, is that I challenge you to a duel. If we all fight now, those pets of yours aren't going to all make it through this, even if all three of us die." "Ha! You wouldn't kill them. You proved that at the Inn!" She challenged. "You'll be surprised what someone will do when they are backed into a corner." Alex stated intimidatingly. This got the mistresses attention. "Go on..." she permitted. "We have a duel. That limits the casualties to only you, or me. If I win, me and my friends go free. And on your death or defeat, your clan here disbands." "Mmmmmm. Interesting offer. Then, if I win, I'll get to kill you, and keep the girl, Sera. The princess can go free, she's of no use to me." [spoiler]>Trust Alex >Do not trust Alex[/spoiler]
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"Alex you can't trust her! You've fought against them before, you know she'll fight unfairly!"
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Alex knelt down so he could look Sera in her eyes. He held his blade so it touched the ground as he spoke. "Speedy. This is the only choice we have. If I don't do this, we all die. And I can't let either of you die today." "Alex..." Anne began. "You...don't do this. We can find another way."
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"Let me fight instead, she wants me alive so she won't kill me. And should something bad happen, go get my father."
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"Absolutely not." Alex said. "Sera we...we wouldn't let you do that." Anne said. She seemed more than conflicted with her words. "Plus. Your dad would kill me as soon as I told him. Check mate." Alex told her with a smile.
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"He wouldn't kill you, he'd probably snap and go into a blood rage and hunt down this bitch then gut her like a fish. Besides like I said, she wants you dead and me captured, so she won't kill me."
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"I can't risk that Sera." Alex said. With his words, she knew he was putting his foot down.
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"You know I could bind you right? You can't stop me from fighting her."
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"And you can't stop me from going out there and making sure you can live long enough to do that!" Alex said. He stood up and brought his blade up as well. "Do you accept, mistress?" Alex asked the assassin. "Mmmmm. Indeed. And you?" She asked Alex. "I accept the challenge." He said. "Ah. Ahaha. Good. My little urchlings will not interfere." She stated. All of the children around them lowered their bows. "Now. Take ten paces towards me, and we will begin." The mistress said as she drew the single edged short sword off her back.
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Sera let out a sigh, then walked up to Alex and hugged him tightly. She muttered so only he and Anne would hear. "You better not lose...."
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"What? Don't have faith in me?" He said as he rubbed her head jokingly. Which made her hair messy.
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She stepped back and moved her hair out of her face, and tied it back into a ponytail. "Just worried that she'll cheat, and that my father will lose a friend."
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Alex smiled and nodded to Sera. He knew the consequences of what would happen if he were to lose. Then, Anne stepped forward. "Just...watch her, okay? You may be older then she is, but she's likely experienced more then you. She'll be fast. And those knives of her are throwing knives, so she specializes in ranged combat which you are not so good at. And also-" Anne was speaking out of worry, and Alex picked up on it. Without warning, he took a step closer to Anne and kissed her. They both took a moment before releasing one another, and Alex smiled at her. Anne was calmed down, but the worry was still on her face. "Just...be careful. Okay? Otherwise I'll have to save you again." She said as she finally cracked a smile. "Wouldn't have it any other way princess." He said to her as he returned her smile. With that, Alex walked away from the two girls. He twirled his blade as he walked the ten paces. Now, he entered the battleground. But Sera had entered her own... [spoiler]Objective: Find weaknesses on the mistress. Point out cheating or suspicious behaviour around the fight. Optional: Tell it to alex so only he can hear it. [/spoiler]
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Sera put away her bow and crossed her arms, watching like a hawk. "I know she's gonna try something...."
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Edited by Inflatablepants: 4/10/2017 2:10:03 AM"I'm keeping a lookout too." Anne whispered. Then, the fight began. Alex lunged at the mistress with a massive Side slash. The assassin went on her knees and bent her back so that the blade went over her. She was flexible. Then, she quickly lunged at alex with an overextension of her arm. The attack caught him off guard and he barely dodged enough for her blow to cut across his right leg. Anne gasped as he cursed and hopped back towards the girls direction, blood flowing from his leg. That being said, it was not too serious.
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"Like father, she's rather quick....What's Alex's fighting style like?"
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Alex jumped back into the action with a massive swing of his blade. The blade crashed into the ground as the mistress sidestepped the strike and tried to get another blow on him. But alex quickly brought his blade up and deflected her strike and thrusted towards her, which she just barely dodged. "Aggressive..." Anne answered the girl.
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"Speed verses power then....He'd better know how to counter that cause usually speed wins every time."
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"He's had his fair share of foes. He should know something by now." She replied to Sera. The mistress quickly took a knife out of her belt and threw it at Alex. The Deity saw this coming however and raised his blade just in time to block. What he didn't account for was that the woman was also an expert in sleight of hand, and it turned out she had a second knife in her hand which she threw at Alex. The knife embedded itself in his arm and blood flowed from the new wound. He didn't bother taking it out, however, as he surprised the mistress and her abundantly cocky nature and slashed at her. She dodged again, but the slash cut through her bows string, which made it fall to the ground uselessly. Sera was able to have a different perspective on the battle. She could point out weaknesses alex maybe wouldn't figure out. How would she relay that info to him though?
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"Shit....Anne, even if we do see something off, how are we supposed to tell him?"
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"I'm thinking of something." Anne whispered as she brought her hand up to her lips in concentration. The mistress seemed infuriated by the state of her bow, and she drew another knife off her hip as she twirled her short sword. Alex stepped back with a bit of a limp towards the girls as the two started their standoff. [spoiler]You'll have to find a solution.[/spoiler]
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"Shit, gotta think of something....." She continued to watch the fight, trying to think of a way.
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Alex leapt back again closer as the mistress overextended her arm again to cut at him. He quickly thrusted his blade forward but she twirled around it and kicked the back of his right knee, which made him fall to his knees. He slashed quickly at the mistress again and she leapt back a considerable distance. Alex was closer to the girls now...
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She whispered to him, and placed a hand on his shoulder. "She's using her speed to her advantage, mix it up a bit. Go for lighter and more unpredictable attacks. You other leg is injured, attack from your good side then feint into a slash from your bad side."
