Earth and Sky- Round 1 - FIGHT (Mathew/spectators)

[David B.]

It had been several weeks since David had left the Dragons- he had met up with Mitsuki, fought a lot of Barker troops, and garnished information he didn't have previously. Information that brought him that much closer to his goal.

Now, he was taking a breather- letting the dust settle in Barker territory after he and Mitsuki killed a hundred or so of them and stirred the hornets nest. But he was antsy too- he wanted a fight. A good bruising. But everyone he fought recently, while stylish and definitely a workout, didn't have the hardiness needed to push him.

So, he decided to try some relaxation in Dragon territory.

His first thought was to fight Leon, but the man was blind now and still working out the kinks in it. So, he chose option two- Amtrum. He strutted into an area the man had recently taken over, hands in pockets, trying to figure out where he might Locate the earth Dragon.

OOC: Weights are on, stats are in sidebar until they are removed.

[Mathew Amtrum]

Dragon Bank was actually a really good spot to start looking for Mathew. Since recruiting the area in to the fold he had fashioned it in to his personal forward base for striking at Barker. Though he still used the cafe for more central meetings, such as last one. As it was Mathew was there and talking to a few soldiers.

If David was to ease drop he would hear Mathew talk about tower positions deep in Dragon territory. It sounded like Mathew was prepping defences for a possible turtle instead of his normal offensive heavy tactics. Either way when he caught sight of David he sent the soldiers on their way.

"Back already Blaze?"

He asked with a small raise of his brow. No problem if he was, but it was sooner than he had expected.

[David B.]

He chuckled.

"Not quite. Just letting things calm down after a recent...issue I encountered with some of Barkers soldiers."

He looked around at the area, and had heard the orders. A grin would crease his lips.

"Sounds like you have everything lined up pretty well. It's looking good here. There wouldn't be a chance your in the mood to take a break? I'm looking for some excersize and me and you haven't bumped heads in a while. Feel up to it?"

David waited- he knew the guy was busy, so wouldn't blame him if he had to skidaddle and try again another day.

[Mathew Amtrum]

Mathew looked up at the sky and pressed his lips together as he thought about what else he had to do today. Which between Dragon stuff, God stuff, and Dad stuff was a lot. But he also really wanted to slap David around, it was fun. He let out a small hiss of an exhale before nodding.

"Yeah I think I can spare like ten minutes or so. We can finish in ten minutes right?"

He thought they could.

"I'm thinking til a tap out or I gotta bail, in which case we can just say you win or whatever."

He wove that away, he didn't care about that.

"And no lethal attacks obviously."

Same side and it was against the law to kill another Dragon, and Mathew still saw Blaze as one of them.

"But yeah, if that sounds good we can dance."

[David B.]

David laughed.

"Yeah I could do that. And this isn't for a victory, just for excersize and fun. When you gotta go you gotta go, and we can just pick it up later. Also- No Qi. Otherwise i'll be in the air alot, you'll be underground, and I wanna good clean one."

Yeah. As clean as they could, anyway. David was looking forward to it- it had been a little too long since he last made Amtrum cry. Time to get them ducts working again.

He would lazily wave Amtrum forward.

"You first, Haus."

[Mathew Amtrum]

Mathew shrugged. He could do no Qi, well kind of. He would always feel the vibrations in the ground. He couldn't turn that off really. Close enough though he figured.

"Afraid I'm gonna impale you again?"

He teased. It was mostly on accident last time. Mostly. Either way a large spike of stone shot out of his sleeve to the ground at his side. The stone he normally kept coiled around his body was discarded to the side. And of course he wanted Mathew to start, well fine, he could do that.

He started walking to David several paces before he sped up to a sprint. Diving forward in to a roll before reaching striking range as his hands slammed in to the ground to lift his body up in to the air. His feet shooting for Blaze's chin. On the decent he would twist his body to bring his weight spinning around in a break dance style sweep kick.

[David B.]

David grinned.

"Yeah, totally it."

David could also feel the movements in the air, so it would have been fine with him had Amtrum mentioned the vibrations. Still, he would try and ignore them as best he could, watching Matt close in. He knew what the guy was going for- it was the mans opening move. His signature. As his feet would fly up to meet his chin, David tried something he always wanted to try when Mathew dove in for this.

Being that the Earth Dragon was no facing away from him, he probably wouldn't see the slight shift backward of Davids right leg, or his leaning back to avoid the blow. Mathew was faster than him, and probably stronger too, at least while he had on the weights. She he had to do what damage he could while he had them on.

While leaning back, Davids hands would shoot forward to grab Amtrums calves, one in each arm, lifting so Mathew would be sort of "hung" upside down, facing away from him. At the same time David would lurch forward and attempt to slam a knee int Mathews lower back, prepping himself in case the guy decided to use a null or recoil- he seemed to favor those whenever David fought him. If he did null it, David would just slam his knee into Mathews back over and over.

If he recoiled it...well, that was a different story.

[Kyrie Blaze]

The two Elders had at least one spectator. Even in Dragon Territory Kyrie's eyes and ears were tuned to hear rumours. And word of David Blaze being 'back' certainly spread like wildfire. Considering she was in the area scoping out future Grove locations, the petite woman decided she would pause and watch.

And as always, learn.

Blue eyes flickered with quiet curiosity as the two started their sparring fight. She stayed well out of the way, but within earshot. Quiet and observant, though realizing both were likely aware of her presence and the presence of others as they gathered. She pulled a slow breath in and exhaled just as calmly. Though she stood next to a building, she didn't lean against it, preferring instead to remain upright, hands crossed behind her back, hands lightly holding onto her elbows.

[Mathew Amtrum]

The knee collided with Mathew's back but no sound of pain came, and no backlash was felt. The blow was absorbed by the armor and the coat that he wore. Using the force of the blow to aid in his reaction, Mathew's torso twisted and lifted upward, his hands reaching out to grab David by the head.

If he landed he would shift his grip to his left hand clutching the back of his hair as his right proceeded to send punch after punch toward his pretty boy face.

ED set nulls used 1/3

[David B.]

David would, when he noticed Mathew's movement without pain, recognize that the Dragon was up to something. Being that he would be held firmly by the ankles, Mathew's feat of flexibility was quite the eyebrow raiser for David- unexpected, but also impressive. Instead of trying to fight it, David would release both Amtrums legs at the same time, likely sending the male crashing onto his back, as Amtrum would be twisted around and doing a sort of "in air sit-up" at the time.

David would continue the attack by lifting his left leg and stomping downward as Mathew would hit the ground, aiming to smoosh the Earth Dragons smarmy face beneath his dirty shoe, assuming everything went according to how he envisioned it, anyway.

[Bastille Amtrum]

Bastille was "shopping" as she usually put it. Maria was behind her holding Aryanna while Bastille held Evelyn close despite her being tied to her in a sort of baby sling. She had duties of her own and damned if she was leaving the babies alone. Besides she liked showing them off. Gave her something to do, aside from the other side of her that wanted to take the girls and forever hide from the world. She was dressed casually and so was maria which was odd because it made her look more her age and less like a child. Bastille felt the tremor and immediatly turned much to maria's confusion. Bastille would flip onto the roof, nearby and take a seat, a deep frown etched in her face as maria came up behind them. "Oh? A fight!" Maria asked. Bastilles eyes were locked on David and she didnt answer- too busy deciding how she felt about this.

[Mathew Amtrum]

Yeah, Mathew dropped and hit the ground with a thud. He tucked his head forward as he dropped on instinct to keep it from slamming back in to the ground. It still hurt, but he was able to keep his wits about him.

The ground rumbled with his impact but he was able to stop the instinctive counter of sending spikes up to David. After all, they agreed no Qi. So the protesting rumble of the Earth was all that escaped from Mathew's Qi trying to leak out. Seeing the foot starting to come down his arms moved up to grip David's ankle, twisting the leg as he pushed back on it.

[Kyrie Blaze]

A growing feeling of dread seeped into her mind, gnawing and clawing at the edge of her psyche. An impending sense of evil. A taint. A lurking, nagging, insidious feeling. Kyrie's heart sped in response, beating - she could almost swear - in a tempo just as rapid as a hummingbird's wing beats. The hairs on the back of her neck and arms rose. Even her exhale was shaky.

This was totally unlike her--

Wide, stricken blue eyes blinked.

--why was she suddenly feeling like there was a demon or worse breathing upon the back of her neck?

It was when the shadow above twisted and flipped that Kyrie pushed off the wall and twisted, looking upwards, though she was unable to see who it was on the roof. Her eyes lost their uncertain and panicked light and narrowed, her focus zeroing in on the top of the roof and the potential threat upon it. Chances were likely it wasn't just a coincidence--she trusted her instincts too much for that. This building wasn't going to be a problem, even with her burn--she'd scaled a building much taller than this a week or more ago--her wound still fresh. She jumped lightly, fingers sliding into slight indents before she pushed upwards.

A ledge. A windowsill. Higher. Push harder. Push faster. Stay quiet.

She dug her hands against the ledge at the top without putting them over and pushed her body upwards with her legs. The first person she saw was Bastille from her oddly-angled position. She blinked, some of the tension leaving her body--until she noticed the baby. Then it was a matter of - 'Where is the other and the feeling has not gone away--why are you here with your girls, Bastille--'[/color] - swerving her eyes to blink sloooowly at the other woman, with the other baby.

Bastille was unconcerned. Her mind flicked away as she blinked and slowly pushed herself up over the edge, perching on it with a quiet exhale. But the feeling. It was from her. It was almost like she could see the yawning maw of black - not cool and comforting like the shadows and night - lurching to devour her. From her crouched position, her blue gaze turned back to Bastille.

With that company...Bastille was crazy.

But the babies. It was like a moth to the flame, with Kiyr. She withheld a sigh and followed the other blonde's gaze back to the battlefield. She remembered and recalled...

"...they will not kill each other..."

Not here and now. She knew it was a spar. The Earth rumbled. Kyrie remained where she was, unsure if Bastille would simply kick her off the roof. She purposefully kept her voice low, tone soft.

'...but if they make a liar out of me...'[/color] She thought, the mental tone edged and tense.

If she wasn't as aware of herself as she was, her eyes would have narrowed. But as it was, they flicked to Bastille with her little baby girl, then back to David and Mathew. The Sky and the Earth as they collided in combat.

. o O ( Stef, if Maria's OHGODWHYYYY-aura isn't perma-on, just lemme know. <3 )[/font]

[David B.]

Expected- grab his foot. David,his leg bending at the knee as he stabilized it for the grab, Would simply jump and turn with the twist and push. This, of course, would send him pitching forward and onto his ass, but the pull he put on his leg as he was also pushed meant he would be torn from Mathews grip. Five feet he flew, landing in the dirt before rolling forward and stumbling one or two feet. He would be about twelve feet from Amtrum now, and unless the man attacked, would proceed to tear the shirt from his back, which was already both filthy and stifling in the heat. On his chest was what appeared to be a bullet-proof vestr- Mathew would recognize it as ultra-heavy training weights, as would any others who were watching, if they looked closely.

On his arms were gauntlets, also weights. He had some on his legs but they would be unseen. He would not remove them, instead cracking his neck and starting forward, assuming the Earth Dragon was back on his feet. He hadn't taken two steps before his head would snap to where Bastille sat- as previously mentioned, David could feel the movements in the air, even breathing. It didn't take much energy, either, and was easily done- he gave a small frown before noticing the kids and looking to Mathew.

He would clear his throat before starting forward again, pushing her and Kiyr from his mind and back to the fight. He would draw in close, fient a left jab before pulling it back and throwing a hard right uppercut.

[Delilah A. Black]

Quietly, from a nearby alley, Delilah would watch the sheer display of power between the two men. They probably noticed her. It didn't matter to the First, not really. But she had been nearby, thought she would stop in to say hello, and lo and behold, a fight between two elder dragons.

Del smiled to herself. This was gonna be a good time. And maybe she would learn a thing or two.