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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 16, 2012 22:53:52 GMT -8
"Well then, by all means. Take your closure." He pivoted around to avoid the piece of pillar as Markus closed in, The first few Jabs would go off, against his face seeming to have no effect. He was fast, and strong. But Mathew was faster. His hands shot out to grab Marcus' wrists and pull them apart and forward to make him stumbled forward. Right in to Mathew's headbutt. Should that land he would shove him back and slide around the pillar so it was between them. His hand quickly chopping at it, shooting disks of the stone at Markus. And unlike when Markus struck it, the stone bent to his will, moving fluidly and without question. (And just as a note according to Leon the stone with my Qi would have the stats of my CHA. So Dex, Str, and Con, of 65. Using all three set nulls though because I want this to be fun and to let you hurt him. Get that closure.  ) |
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Post by Marcus Prasad on Oct 17, 2012 18:41:16 GMT -8
My my, it HAD been a long time since he had fought an opponent like this. Feeling overconfident as each of his blows hit home, Marcus was actualy surprised to find his hands caught in Mathews vice like grip and even more surprised to find himself staggered back with a monsterous headbutt that knocked him right between the eyes.
Recovering quickly, he let out a whuff of pain as a stone disk struck him in the chest. He ducked under the next one, sidestepped the one after that and just began moving, using his Capoiera skills to great effect, even shattering a few disks with well placed kicks.
Slowly but surely Marcus would close the gap as he flipped, twirled and practicaly danced to a high energy beat before dropping into a low foot sweep to high heel kick, keeping his body low to trick Matt into thinking his second attack would go low as well. He would end it off with a moonsault kick, hoping to hit Mathew right under the chin.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 17, 2012 18:48:17 GMT -8
He felt some satisfaction watching the kid stumble back and then get hit with one of the disks. The kid could move though, and watching how he moved was impressive. It was true Mathew was faster, but the way he was moving made it hard to hit with the ranged attacks.
The deception worked as Mathew moved anticipating the low attack only to be met with a blow right under his chin. He didn't fight the blow and was knocked off his feet, slamming in to the ground. The impact of which would send pillars erupting from where he hit right at Markus.
Mathew's body in the meantime would sink under the ground for protection and to move in for a sneak attack.
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Post by Marcus Prasad on Oct 17, 2012 20:59:28 GMT -8
Marcus let out a wild whoop of elation as Mathews feet left the ground. That's one point for Marcus! He sprung forward, hoping to capitalize on his advantage when suddenly a salvo of pillars erupted from the earth and promptly put an end to that.
Fortuantly he was alittle more cautious this time around, Instead of dodging he met them head on, leaping forward and planting his footon the flat tip and letting the staff of stone propel him backwards.
Using the pillar as a launch pad, Marcus would leap up high in the air and concentrate, focusing all of his strength into his fist, ready to bring it crashing down on Mathew with a viscious death from above haymaker, crashing into the earth and creating a massive impact crater which kicked a ton of rocky debris into the air seconds after the Earth Dragon sunk into the ground.
Staring into the shattered sidewalk in disbelief, Marcus assumed that his opponent had sunk directly down and so began to slam his fists down fruitlessly before rising to his feet and looking about himself.
"O...k.....nice trick but where did'ja go?"
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 17, 2012 21:05:14 GMT -8
Mathew kept under the ground shifting around to be under the man. His arms would shoot out of the earth and grab Markus' ankles and he would pull downwards to sink Markus in to the ground past his knee caps if he wasn't careful.
Once that was done he would shift around behind Markus and rise from the earth in all his glory. And kick the back of his head. Because why not.
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Post by Marcus Prasad on Oct 17, 2012 21:32:55 GMT -8
Ok, this was WAAAAAAY outside the range of Marcus' experiance in fighting. In fact this was easily the first time he had EVER fought anyone with qi powers at all, let alone one as powerful as earthbending.
Talk about a serious crash course.
Not knowing what to expect, he was completely unprepared as hands gripped his ankles and pulled him painfully knee deep into the ground. Letting out a yelp, the man struggled to pull himself up.
From one of the streetlights Marcus noticed a shadow looming over him. Reacting in a blind panic, the man reached back to parry Mathews kick with the flat of his hand before leaning back to wrap his arms around his opponents waist before swinging forward like an upside down pendulumn, driving the Earth Dragons head into the ground before him.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 17, 2012 21:49:32 GMT -8
Once again Mathew didn't fight that and when he was slammed in to the ground, Markus would just slam him IN TO the ground. If Mathew was the giggling type he would be having a fit right now. This was fun. He would shift through the ground again and rise up once more.
"Closure yet?"
Huge shit eating grin on his face. He was obviously enjoying himself. And if that pissed Markus off. Well all the better.
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Post by Marcus Prasad on Oct 17, 2012 22:57:09 GMT -8
Marcus recoiled in horror as he drove the Earth Dragons head into the ground. Sweet jesus did he just Paste his head?
Wait a minute.........
"Closure yet?"
Marcus couldn't help but clutch his stomach in laughter. Ok, he had to admit the prank was pretty clever. So this is what Qi was?
if only Mathew knew how much he was teaching Marcus right now about fighting someone with such powers.
"Fuck Closure, I'm having the time of my life here!"
He replied with a beaming grin.
"I wanna see how much Earthbending you can do. Let's crank the difficulty up from Normal to Hard!"
With a quick series of punches to the ground, Marcus loosened it up enough to yank his legs out.
This stopped being about closure a long time ago. Now he wanted to test himself against the Earth Dragon himself.
"Common, You're loving this just as much as I am! Admit it."
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 17, 2012 23:03:52 GMT -8
"Without a doubt. This is always fun for me. But if you want it hard. I can make it lethal."
Markus' choice. Mathew had no beef with him, and thus didn't care about whether he lived or died. The ground under Mathew's feet shifted and slid him back away from Markus as he began to free himself. Taking a moment to shift the stone under his clothing to be ready to use at a moment's notice he waited for his answer.
Toes flexing in the stone, the stone moving around his toes like it was sand. And a wicked smile on his face as green eyes were lighting up in amusement. Much more fun than the would be rapists of earlier. Someone that could hold their own in a fight. He just didn't have encounters like this in Seattle. It had been too easy. Boring.
I missed this.
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Post by Marcus Prasad on Oct 18, 2012 22:52:33 GMT -8
"Without a doubt. This is always fun for me. But if you want it hard. I can make it lethal."
"Oh that is SO what she said!"
Marcus quipped with a grin.
"Besides, I should have died Years ago in a stank alleyway in New York with a broken bottle in my back. Been living on borrowed time ever since."
As he spoke, he scanned Mathew, trying to find some visual cue that he was gonna Earthbend.
"I think it's your turn to kick things off this time though."
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 19, 2012 9:35:12 GMT -8
Oh, he would kick it off then. He rushed forward for Markus. No intention of Earth Bending this time. Keep him guessing and on his toes. Before getting in to striking distance Mathew dived forward, his body rolling in a partial somersault before his hands pressed against the ground. His body lifted up, feet shooting out to try and kick Markus right in the chin.
Whether it missed or hit Mathew would shift his body as it started to drop to swing his whole body around in a powerful sweep kick. An old move of his, all the way back from New York. One that predated even the Green War. But still one of his favorites.
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Post by Marcus Prasad on Oct 20, 2012 17:37:17 GMT -8
As the Earth Dragon closed in, Marcus actualy had to fight an instinctive drive to back away. The vibe was different this time. This time it was playing for keeps. Marcus learned from Leon long ago, never try to second guess you're opponent, just keep loose and flow with him like water. Listening to his gut, he hopped back and pivoted around Mathew off the balls of his feet as the man sprung his kick.
So far so good, now he only had to close into grapple range and.....
Get painfully swept off his feet. Somehow he managed to take the tumble and turn it into a mad backflip, slapping a palm down onto the ground in midair and springing back onto his feet.
The second Mathew was back on his feet, Marcus would waste no time in putting pressure on him with a flying knee strike to start. If that connected he would clasp his hands behind Mathews neck in a Double collar neck tie and begin laying in on his guts and face with punishing knee strikes.
Wanting to up the ante considerable, He would then pull Mathews head down and snake his arms around his neck and head, a Guillotine choke that he would hold for a moment before grabbing the Earth dragons pants waist and hoist him bodily into the air before swinging backwards, sending him crashing back into the ground.
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 20, 2012 18:59:05 GMT -8
He rolled back after the sweep and picked himself up. Markus was recovering as well and deciding to put some pressure on him. That was fine. When the knee came up Mathew moved his hands down like he was going to press back on it, but instead spears of stone shot out from his sleeves seeking to impale themselves in to his leg.
If he didn't continue the grab with his leg being impaled Mathew would retract the spears before pushing him back away from him. See if he still wanted to push it while actually bleeding. He thought he would. He hoped he would. This was a fun day for him.
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Post by Marcus Prasad on Oct 20, 2012 19:27:36 GMT -8
A Howl of pain erupted from Marcus' throat that echoed up and down the street. Fangs bared he would snarl into Mathews face, his eyes no longer holding any trace of humanity as the animal brain within him sensed mortal danger and kicked him out of the drivers seat.
It was a self defence mechanism of his. One that would kick his body into overdrive and turn him savage until the danger had passed.
Skipping the forplay, He would immediatly headbutt Mathew with everything he had before hoisting him up into a Suplex Power slam (Also known as the Jackhammer), swinging Mathew back first into the ground. He would then kick his legs up into a backflip up into the air and overtop of Mathew before landing Knee's first into his chest.
Then would come Marcus' favorite way to finish a fight. Ground and Pound!
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Post by Mathew Amtrum on Oct 20, 2012 19:34:50 GMT -8
The headbutt slammed right in to Mathew's face with surprising force. Nothing that would stun him, but it did hurt a lot. He hadn't been expecting that. He let Markus pick him up and once again slam him in to the ground, where Mathew would go under the ground before his knees could slam in to his chest.
Once more Mathew's hand reached up to pull down on Markus' ankles, but this time he would try and pull him down neck deep before popping out of the ground behind him. If he was nice and trapped, kick to the back of the head.
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