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First day of round one, first battle!

Huashi Sun vs. Lyra Silvertongue
Weapons: Meryl Silverburgh and Gino Weinberg
Location: The Courtyard
Time of day:

After lunch sometime

Huashi scratched her neck and weighed the metal weapon in her hand. It wasn't heavy to her, but projectile weapons weren't really her thing... She could do bows, but that was about it. But it wasn't as if she could run around and whack her opponent in the head with this, right? That wasn't how you used a projectile weapon, despite the fact that it surely was sturdy enough for that!

"Uhh. I was really gonna learn this better before I used it, but oh well!" Huashi wasn't really one for contemplating missed opportunities.

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Lyra hadn't drawn the weapon from Gino yet when she showed up in the courtyard. She'd tied her hair back with a ribbon, and changed into the school uniform. Straightening up as she approached, she waved to her opponent.

"Ready?" Lyra asked as she pulled her glove on.

"Go for it!" Gino was slouching next to her, partly because he was tired from dealing with Kallen, and partly because she wouldn't be able to reach his chest otherwise. He, too, was in a crisp, clean uniform.

Lyra placed her hand in front of Gino's chest, now that it was in range.

"Utopia is here!" There was a flash of light and Lyra held the partisan up, jumping up and down until she was airborn, the sharp end of the partisan pointed towards her opponent, and a look of utmost concentration on her face.

Having Tristan drawn from his chest would never stop feeling intensely strange. Maybe in a couple of rounds it wouldn't make him flinch, but right now he could've done with it not being seven feet of polearm.

But, he could cope. That taken care of, Gino stepped back and away from the two players.

"Good luck, Lyra. Don't lose!"

That wasn't really fair. Though Huashi wasn't thinking of the general power of flying that Gino's weapon had just granted Lyra, but rather the fact that she was rather sure she knew how to cloud-hop, and that was something she now didn't remember how to do.

"Okay... Let's go then!" So saying, Huashi's first attempt went wild. Very, very wild, as the bullet flew past Lyra an arm's length away and diagonally up in the air.

"Oops!" With a shrug, Huashi dashed around Lyra, meaning to aim for her back.

"Not so fast!" Lyra turned around and zigzagged after Huashi, the partisan pointed straight at her opponent. At least the partisan didn't seem as heavy as it should be, thanks to Gino's other upgrade.

She just needed to stay close to her opponent and keep her from hitting Gino's weapon.

Flight or no, though, Huashi was just slightly faster than a person running on the ground had the right to be, but she was still obviously not gonna be able to get around Lyra, and instead suddenly turned around and jumped, grabbing hold of the partisan's shaft and using it to propell her over and behind Lyra again.

She may also have stepped on/hit Lyra's head when she did that. Turning around even before landing, Huashi tried for a second shot, but aiming this thing was hard.

What the- Gah!

Lyra pushed back, trying to catch Huashi with the butt of the partisan, then spun around, trying to hit the other girl with the shaft of her weapon with all of her upgrade enhanced strength, and winced as a shot grazed her side.

It's not real. But you have to act like it is- you win fights by hurting your opponent more than you get hurt yourself, Lyra reminded herself.

The swing hit Huashi's fingers and the gun, but despite the wince and a swear, she didn't drop it. Almost bouncing backwards a few steps, Huashi took the time to glance to Meryl; the hit may have done something, but hopefully it wasn't too bad.

Her fingers hurt, though. But that was hardly enough to stop her. Huashi was hardy, and had had harder hits and kept on going.

Don't spend too long looking Huashi.

Lyra followed her as she stepped back, lunging forward to try to press her advantage as she targeted the other girl's side.

The woman had stayed mostly quiet, but the sharp pain hit her suddenly, and she quietly clutched her chest. It was too mild to really do anything, but it was enough to turn her attention to the battle.

"Hey, watch out!"

She used her free hand to point to Lyra's attack.

"Oops! Thanks!" Huashi shouted at Meryl as she looked over her shoulder.

Once again, Huashi jumped up. A trace too late, as the very tip of the blade carved a thin line of fire along her back as she jumped, but that, too, wasn't impossible to stand.

She ended up standing on the shaft of the partisan, grinned at Lyra, and jumped again. Using her head as a handrest (and slamming Lyra's head downwards), Huashi launched herself behind her opponent, and twisted around, attempting another shot.

Unfortunately, trying to shoot someone who's flying while being fully air-borne (however temporary) yourself isn't easy, and Huashi missed. The bullet simply grazed the blade of the partisan instead.

She really wasn't any good with projectile weapons, especially those she hadn't ever used before.

In a split second, Lyra whirled around, sending the partisan forward in another jab. She knew that Gino would feel the pain from the shot, but she'd have to apologize later. Right now, she needed to fight. And luckily, her opponent wasn't that good at actually hitting her.

Changing her angle, Lyra darted above Huashi and jabbed downwards, then moved further up.

Another hit that grazed her, this time on her skull; Huashi winced because that had felt like a good stab, even though she knew it wasn't... Maybe because it was to her head. But since she'd dropped down on the ground, she avoided most of it.

Of course, Lyra had gone straight up, so Huashi attempted another shot before taking a jump backwards, directly from sitting on the ground. She may not be able to shoot very well, especially as she tended to move almost too soon while shooting, but she was agile.

Wait, had she reacted more to that one? So aim for the head? Ow ow ow, even if it wasn't real, getting shot in the foot hurt. At least she didn't have to put any weight on it until the fight was over, so it didn't impede her agility that much.

Lyra zigzagged back to the ground, her face screwed up in concentration as she feinted to Huashi's torso, before once again aiming for the head.

Attemtping to block with something that was shorter than you thought it were can only lead to bad things. All the experience in the world isn't going to help you if your instinct was to think you had a sword or a staff.

Had the gun been a sword or a staff, the partisan would have been blocked, even with the feint. As it was, the huge blade went straight into her head.

Had this been real, the blade would have been buried half in her skull, and would have killed her. As it was, the pain exploded everywhere, and Huashi's vision whited out.

For a second, Lyra's opponent was unconcious, and quite incapacitated. The gun disappeared with nary a flicker as Huashi slumped back to the ground, sliding free of the blade, head bouncing as it met the dirt.

Then her eyes snapped open again.

"I realllly didn't want to experience dying again..." Huashi groaned and clutched her head.
"I suppose that means you win."

Lyra didn't look happy. She'd actually been rather shocked when the blade had entered Huashi's head, and she turned to Gino, looking a little lost.

She wasn't sorry exactly, but she felt a little sick, and it showed on her face. Dropping the weapon to the ground, she held out her hand to the other girl.

As Lyra dropped the weapon, it flickered and disappeared the same way Meryl's gun had seconds before. Battle over. Which, of course, meant that Gino was able to jog over and pat his victorious Player on the back. He didn't seem particularly bothered by Huashi's brief fainting spell. She'd get used to the fighting, he supposed, though stabbing someone in the head was probably a rather bad way to start.

"Good job!"

"Gino, you didn't get hurt, right? When the bullet hit your weapon?" Lyra asked him as she looked up.

"That wasn't as bad as I was afraid it was going to be though," she admitted. Huashi seemed fine, after all.

Huashi groaned again as she used Lyra's hand to take her upright, shaking her head as sparks of lingering pain shot through it. Then she shrugged and jumped in place a bit.

"If I'd had a sword or a staff, that wouldn't have happened!" She didn't sound angry, though, just slightly put off.

Still, she hoped she wouldn't have to take that large a blade to the head again, because the feeling had been distinctly alike the one right before she lost conciosuness... died... when the tiger struck.

He had, but that was okay.

"It was nothing," He waved her concern away, then looked back at his fellow Weapon. "Oi, Meryl, right? Welcome to Team Lyra!"

Oh right. If you won, you got the opponents weapon, as well as another token. Lyra bowed her head politely to her her new Weapon.

"My name's Lyra. Pleased to meet you."

Meryl was a bit confused by the whole system, but she was still friendly, nonetheless. It wasn't like anyone was actually an enemy here, right? Her only real disappointment is that she really couldn't do more to help win from the sidelines.

"Name's Meryl, nice to meet you." She firmly took her hand and shook.

"All right. I suppose I'll get in touch with you in a bit? Unless you want to go buy upgrades or something?" Lyra offered.

"That... might be a good idea." She wasn't going to say anything negative in front of Huashi, but unless she wants that to be a repeat performance, maybe she should be trying to give a bit more of an edge.

"All right. We'll find a booth and get some!" Lyra wasn't sure if she was supposed to spend the money, or Meryl was. She'd figure it out at the booth, she supposed.

"Right." She knew she couldn't directly buy things as a weapon, so she'll transfer what she needs to upon arrival.

"Okay. Let's get going!"

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First day of round one, first battle!

Huashi Sun vs. Lyra Silvertongue

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Want to IC log this in the booths page, or just work out what they got?

We can log it, if you'd like.

To the booth post in the mod journal then?