The Trouble Cube Tournament Arc!

[Dookie]

Peely is done stretching and gets ready.

“Let's do this.”

[wingedcatgirl]

Elise takes up a fighting stance. "Ready when you are."

[GoldenCityBird]

(OOC: I am really stressed out right now, but I think I can pull through. I am also testing a hitpoint system: the lower your hitpoints are, the worse your character's situation is. You start with 5.)

Arena Theme

Peely and Elise find themselves on top of a cable car. There are two more on either side, and they're all accelerating down a slope. As for what's on the ground... if one would try to look down, they'd see a vast expanse of jungle. Although, if you're seeing the jungle that well, you're probably screwed.

MATCH START

[wingedcatgirl]

Well, in a Traintop Battle, Elise has one very obvious first step. Thus, she

>casts Fly

[Dookie]

“Why the fuck was I paired with the hardest one?…”

> Cast “Sniper, No Sniping!”

[GoldenCityBird]

Peely roll: 3

Elise roll: 4

Elise has the mild advantage

With the power of flight, Elise has pretty much evaded Peely's sniper shot. True, the heel of her right shoe has been slightly misshaped due to how the bullet hit it, and the cars are going downhill kinda quickly, but hey, she's got a height advantage!

[Dookie]

“Alright….what the fuck am I supposed to do?…”

> Take your own pickaxe, or if it's not on you, one lying around near you, and throw it at the girl, aiming for the chest.

[wingedcatgirl]

Elise points her hand at Peely, allows the cars' downhill motion to give her further height, and

>casts Snipe.

[GoldenCityBird]

Elise roll: 4 (Nat 3, +1 height advantage)

Peely roll: 4 (Nat 2, +2 speed advantage)

Tie

Both the pickaxe and the spell collide in mid-air...

...resulting in what could be a glitch, but could also be what would really happen, as they're both reflected back towards their users. Peely takes the pick to the shoulder, while Elise is struck in the chest by the spell.

Peely hitpoints: 4/5

Elise hitpoints: 4/5

[GoldenCityBird]

(OOC: as of writing, it has been more than 24 hours since either player replied. I understand that you may be impatient with my hosting, which has been slowed down by stress and time zones, but please do not continue to keep everyone else waiting.)

[Dookie]

(Sorry, it's just I'm trying to find a way to attack someone who's flying beyond “throw things” and “shoot things”).


“Alright…”

Peely decides to stand under Elise, devising a plan to defeat her.

> Throw your gun at her, and try to knock her out.

[wingedcatgirl]

// Yeah, we've also been trying to come up with something interesting. "Fly out of range and slowly snipe him to death" would probably be effective, but it wouldn't be fun.

Elise winces as her own spell hits her. "Shoot!" She drifts upward a little more, getting dangerously close to the upper limit of the arena boundaries, and suddenly spots Peely chucking his gun at her.

"Wh- what kinda-?"

>Catch the gun!

[GoldenCityBird]

Elise roll: 7 (Nat. 6, +1 for height)

Peely roll: 2 (Nat. 2)

Elise high advantage

Elise manages to catch Peely's gun. Among the spells she knows, "Bullet" appears to be the most recent.

Elise can hear series of quick footsteps. Down there, on the wires, is that meerkat fellow who Peely replaced. He's wearing a black-and-white striped shirt - this must be the referee uniform.

"Hey! Word's just come in from the boss; she wants you to stop flying... like, for the whole tourney. Mostly because of balance stuff, but... *huff*... you're causing the arena to render a lot more stuff... the servers might overheat... damn, running and talking is exhausting."

[wingedcatgirl]

"Fair enough," Elise says, dropping back down to the roof of a car and dispelling the flight magic. "Maybe I'll craft something a bit fairer for the next round..."

She pauses, waiting to see what Peely will do.

[SmilyCube112]

Jasper was still sitting in the Spectator's Area, not even paying attention to the battle at hand because she's hung up about something to do with the Diamonds.

[Dookie]

”Hmmm…I think I'll….

> Banana split!

[wingedcatgirl]

Elise looks confused. "Ba- what?"

Baffled, she

>casts Lunar Barrier

[Cassie]

Mostly because of balance stuff, but... *huff*... you're causing the arena to render a lot more stuff... the servers might overheat... damn, running and talking is exhausting."

Suisei gives off a quizzical tilt over this, cuz until now she hadn't known the exact mechanics of the Arena.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Isoe, still watching, begins worrying a bit. Shit! What if we break the arena-I hope I don't break it-

[Mr. Lee Hammer]

Mindy has a look of concern on her face. She's looking forward to facing off whoever wins here, but also doesn't want the area destroyed, either.

[SmilyCube112]

Jasper, having overheard that, decided enough was enough and walked up to the spectators just to say to them: "No. It. Won't. You heard what they said, that it's simulated. That means that they won't let the arena be broken."

[GoldenCityBird]

(OOC: I've been exhausted all day. Sorry for not posting. I'll get the attack post done tomorrow.)

[GoldenCityBird]

(OOC: I genuinely don't know what to do here, and that isn't helped by my lack of motivation to continue this. Co-hosting offers are still up, if literally anyone's interested.)

[MadameButterflyKnife]

(ooc: honestly if i weren't competing in it rn i would so help cohost)

Isoe stares up at Jasper. Hey! We don't know it's foolproof! I just want to make sure it's alright! Speaking of, are you alright? I mean, you lost and all...

[SmilyCube112]

"I'm.............................................fine."