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The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« on: August 05, 2010, 06:10:26 PM »
It took quite a while before the chatter died down following the arrival of Koty and his sons, who had withdrawn from the tournament. A referee finally announced the withdraw and announced that Round 2's matches would be rearranged. One contestant, Hikaru, would automatically advance due to her place on the tournament lineup. That meant one more match would take place before Round 3 of the tournament began...

Celestie vs Keith.

Both contestants were called to the tournament floor.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2010, 01:44:59 AM »
A single Chaos Warp appeared, and out from the menecing red glow came a armored hand of Keith, who seemed to be pulling his way out of the chaotic pocket dimension. He was wearing his more...Chaotic armor, as it seemed, gnarled horns jutting out from it's shoulders and its demonic-skull helmet's eyes glowing red. And so...There he stood, waiting for his opponent, quite hungry by now.
In fact, he thought he might just eat his foe, whoever it was.
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2010, 06:36:19 PM »
She steps out into the Arena, wearing her ornate armored dress with twin swords sheathed at her hips. Facing her opponent, she bows a bit, before introducing herself. "Celestie Lertis, Empress of Reloria."
Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2010, 09:21:22 PM »
Keith just leaned against...Nothing, it seemed, but it was apparently a solid nothing, and said,"Heh hah, name's Keith. Im...Uh...Well, I guess Im a incarnation of Chaos."
At that, he immediately seemed to melt into the ground, turning into a glowing red energy, that spread along the floor of the arena, and under her as well. But she wouldn't have felt it...It was as if he'd merged with the floor of the arena. And then, massive spikes of raw chaos energy jutted from the ground beneath her, after which the chaos floor pulled itself off and reformed Keith. "Wow, thats tiring..."He mumbled, before turning his right arm from the forearm down into a zweihander and aiming it at his foe. "En Garde."
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2010, 09:27:22 PM »
The moment he disappears, she teleports into the air, forming a skin-tight barrier around herself to help protect from attack as she draws her swords. "At least you have more manners than the last person we fought." She says, smiling at the man as she hovers in the air.
Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2010, 09:38:04 PM »
"We? Iunno who the other one is, ya look alone to me. And dont say that yet, heh, I ain't afraid a' hitting girls!" He said with a bit of laughter, leaping into the air straight at her with unnatural force in a attempt to stab her with his blade-arm. After that, if it failed, he would grab hold of her and move so that he'd be on her back, and would push with that same unnatural force, kicking her straight into the ground, and then would cause the energy making him up to rapidly become denser, making him heavier and allowing him to fall faster so that he could slice his foe with extreme force.
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2010, 09:49:01 PM »
She merely teleports away, making sure to hit his blade thing with her sword before poofing away. "Oh, that would be rude really. Refusing to fight me simply because I'm a woman? How foolish an idea." She replies, smiling as she tosses a simple fireball at Keith.
Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2010, 10:05:19 PM »
Being made completely of Chaos Energy, fire holds no effect on him, as since fire is only a violent chemical reaction involving the bonding of certain nonmetal elements with other elements(the most common of which on terran-type worlds being oxygen), so he hardly reacts to the fireball. Since he doesn't have any elements in his composition, it, by its nature, cannot effect him, being a simple fireball.

And with that, he smashed against the ground, before four draconic wings sprouted from him, two on his back, and the other two on his arms. His arm shifted from a blade to a crossbow, and then his entire body change as well, using the crossbow as a template to turn himself into a balistae, except it seemed to have a few 'human' parts, like a few bones making up the framework, and at where the bolts are loaded, the seemed to be generated from his new 'body'. It aimed for her with pinpoint accuracy, and fired the first bolt. Surprisingly, it had little force behind it, but if a single bolt hit, the residual chaos energy on it would pass onto her...Eating away at her sanity, driving her toward a more primal mindset, physically the same, but mentally a animalistic set of instincts. As that was Chaos, and was what Keith was. Except...sorta not totally instinct, but mostly anyways.
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2010, 10:19:17 PM »
The fireball explodes once it hits Keith, obscuring his eyesight with the explosion and smoke. Celestie uses this opportunity to start forming something of Diviae origin, certainly not her specialty. Forming over her right-hand sword like a sheath, she twirls on the toes of one foot before thrusting her sword in Keith's general direction, firing the bolt of purified energy at him.
Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2010, 12:04:01 PM »
The balistae form of Keith then morphed into a massive, chaotic shield. Upon being hit by the bolt, however, it appeared the shield shattered...Before the shards burst into a hail of needles that went everywhere, yes everywhere, imbued with the same chaos that the previous bolt had been. Keith then rose from the ground, having been apparently hiding in the shadow of the shield-form before he decided to show himself, and, with the needle rain still coming down on them both, he turned his right arm into a lance which he then stabbed in Celestie's direction, which kept growing and growing until it'd hit something. Celestie in particular being the target. Furthermore, the needle rain seemed to have no effect upon Keith, being absorbed into his body instead of driving him mad-well, then again, you could say he already was somewhat mad, but you get the idea, they had no effect on him, being made from the same chaotic energy as he was.
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2010, 04:28:42 PM »
She smiles as the needles start to rain, pulling them into an orb before her. "You control the chaos, give it order, form. I would release you from this occupation, give you freedom from the very forces you subjugate, and in turn, free myself from the bonds of this body of mine. So come at me, Shaper of Chaos, with all you have, or you shall see both out freedoms fall to nothing." She says, smiling as a sort of oily sheen forms over the ball of chaotic energy, coating it and seeping inside, seeming to feed off of it as she sidesteps the lance, placing an open hand just a quarter inch from it. A bright flash, and a seal forms on the lance's surface, shining bright in the dim Hell atmospheric light, causing the lance to crack and splinter, eventually falling apart and misting down to pile upon the floor like sawdust.

"Simple lances will not help. You'll have to be more creative than that."
Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2010, 01:27:31 AM »
Her words confused him. Free him? But...He wasn't imprisoned...Was he? And yet...The instincts his mind was basically made of said she might be telling the truth. "What...? Free me from what...? I am Chaos personified...Yet something dares to imprison me!?" He said, before noticing the seal. He was so caught up in those thoughts that he failed to notice her actions. And when the lance started to break, he felt a odd sensation. It wasn't something he normally felt...And his instincts were telling him he didn't like it. What is this feeling? It was intense at the time, and he felt he couldn't stand it. It was...Pain, something he shouldn't be able to fell(having no nerves), at least except that considering things he probably shouldn't be able to think, being pure Chaos, so that balances out. And, seeing as this was intense pain from his arm being ripped apart, not to mention this being practically the first time he's felt pain, he yelled in agony...Though it came out as more of a feral roar than a scream of pain. Instead of bearing the pain, before the seal's effects could make it back to the main body, he tore off the arm being dismantled. Which, to him, felt like nothing, because his instincts understood that was the best action to take, and that it'd be simpe to make a new arm. The stump had no blood come from it, merely a sinister red...No one, no skeletal structure, no flesh even...And the red flowed like a liquid, back into the general shape of his arm, before making out the more subtle features and intricate designs and taking on the colors, and then solidifying. And then...His shadow spread out. He was spreading his Chaos around...And suddenly, blades came from the ground. But not to attack Celestie...Rather, to create a protective barricade around Keith. A wave of pure Chaos washes toward Celestie, ready to destroy her mind, but it stops and retreats. "...Tell me...What you meant...I...Must know what you mean...That something is trying to imprison me..."
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2010, 12:54:55 AM »
"You imprison yourself." She answers, smiling almost longingly at the wave of energy. "You, who are made of chaos itself, imprison yourself within a form, forcing yourself to live inside a prison of your own design. You limit yourself to the perception of only a single body, a single angle of a single place." She says, her skin and armor seeming to shimmer as strange, old-looking runes and symbols begin to swim within the crystal.

And so it begins, meus Norriensar, and should be an interesting experience, at the least. She muses, the thought passing through their link to Nisorin, even as she raises both arms, hands reaching out as if to touch the chaos wave, but cannot reach far enough. "You yourself are sealed, imprisoned within your own mind just as I am imprisoned within this false body." She explains further, smiling through the blades at the man.

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Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2010, 01:39:53 AM »
"You mean to say that life itself is a prison? That...I cannot agree with." He merely says, before he draws the orb of Chaos she had made earlier before it hesitates. Something was wrong...Different. He forces the Chaos energy to compress so much it takes on a form similar to a solid, before shooting it away as if it were a bullet. The blades then retract into his shadow, slowly and as if being forced down, and then his shadow went back to him. His form revealed to have changed to his other armor, a skintight armoring with intricate designs all along it. "Hmph...Merely lances wont be any use, you said?" His shadow, now a sphere around him, and actually a thin extension of his body, seemed to pulsate as he caused the levels of Chaos to rise within the area taken by his shadow. It seemed the boundries of his shadow were the boundries of a semispherical zone of Chaos-in fact, it was. Chaos Warps began to open all within the area, Chaos pouring out, and the area spread, further and further, Keith the epicenter of the Chaos. As it spread, the shadow turned red, going from a dark blood red to a bright, glowing crimson. And then...It reached her, the Chaos beginning to invade her mind.
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2010, 03:44:48 PM »
She smiles as her barrier shimmers before exploding into brilliant color as the chaos energy hits it. "Life is not the prison, no, but your form is. You, with one single consciousness residing within one single body, so limited in perception and belief. Even your understanding of your own power and how it can be used is limited." She counters, the barrier absorbing the chaos energy and converting it, hardening the barrier into a sort of cocoon, its inner walls shielding her from the corruptive effects. Her voice echoes sourcelessly throughout the arena, sounding slightly muffled. "Simply trying to stab me with a lance, or tossing out waves of unrefined, untamed energy wouldn't be enough to take out even a seasoned sage of average power."
Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #15 on: August 13, 2010, 02:34:19 AM »
"Refine? Tame? Such words are a insult to Chaos! Chaos does as it chooses...And trying to force its change is both meaningless and useless." He growled, intensifying the Chaos field, but also having it shrink in. "And how, per say, is one supposed to change that? I may make newer bodies, but I'd assume thats not what you'd mean." He then made the Chaos form a large, red orb, which seemed to be in synch with his own chaotic field, bursts of Chaos in the form of red bolts moving freely to and fro. This orb was used to amplify Keith's own abilities, which he used to cause the gravity inside the cocoon to intensify toward the center, which would make it collapse in on itself.

A bolt of Chaos energy also rained upon her, not to attack her mind, but to deliver damage like any bolt of lightning would. The only real difference was that this was (probably) non-lethal, and the color red. A slight plan was forming in Keith's mind...One he'd use soon enough.
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2010, 10:24:00 PM »
She laughs, the cocoon's exterior barrier absorbing the bolt of chaos, converting it and using the energy from it to form new barriers underneath it, beginning the second stage of the process, actual physical alterations. The gravity swell only seemed to aid the change, helping to compress the cocoon's contents before the seals inside react, sealing off the spell. "You ARE chaos! If you choose to refine a bit of chaotic energy, then that's your choice now isn't it?"
Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2010, 02:58:36 AM »
"Hmph...Wouldn't expect a mortal to understand..." He mumbled, before he started draining the Chaos energy from the cocoon. Instead of attack it head on...Why not starve it? It was obviously feeding on Chaos, so just cut off its supply, and there you have it. "I am, as you said, the Shaper of Chaos. But merely one collection of Chaos does not equal the will of all Chaos. The energy responds to me, and reacts to my desires, yes, but only in form. I would not ask of Chaos to become Order...That, is simply a horrid thing to do. And if you do not understand that...I cannot explain it further."
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #18 on: August 15, 2010, 12:53:54 AM »
She laughs once again, the cocoon's membrane vibrating as he takes what little energy hasn't been converted yet. While a good strategy for a large group, trying to starve your opponent in a one-on-one duel such as this is too time-consuming a tactic to possibly be effective. That, and in order to effectively starve an organism, one must know all of what it feeds upon. Its main source of energy gone, the cocoon's glow subsides, using that energy instead to fuel the metamorphosis, even as it begins sucking in the nearby atmosphere, pulling any and all energy it can get from it before expelling it, the usual properties of Hell's atmosphere stripped from it. "Energy without a purpose can do nothing productive. By merely existing, Keith, you give Order to the Chaos. I would say untamed energy will eventually overpower and consume you, but I see it already has." Her voice once again echoes, now tinted with a sort of otherworldly ring. "It would seem that you are no longer a creature capable of being reasoned with, of having things explained to you. Doomed to be such a simpleton, I pity you, and shall end your misery."

((Post 4, next post is the hatching.))
Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #19 on: August 15, 2010, 03:00:08 AM »
"While I probably could do those things, I ain't got a clue how! I operate on instinct, the product of Chaos. I dont dare ask the Chaos to become Ordered...Merely because I cannot figure out how to completely control it. So, I just dont usually dwell on it much. Im used to the way I do things, and try as I might, some things just dont work..." He said, moving back from the cocoon. Something was going to happen, his instincts were screaming it, he just didn't know what. So, his instincts told him one of two things to do:Run, or Attack it head on. Fight or Flight. But he hesitated, dwelling on what she said. "Hmph...I think I might just get it now...The first step...Might be to just ignore a few of my instincts." He mumbled, and gathered all the Chaos, hardened it into a shield, and braced for the attack.
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #20 on: August 15, 2010, 10:04:22 PM »
She smiles inside the cocoon, the air inside starting to swirl fast enough to distort the hard-shelled cocoon. Small pieces of Curicite fall from a tear in the underside of the cocoon, falling to the ground to smash noisily, their strength stolen from them. The swirling air erupts from the shell like blades, shredding it as they converge upon Keith, to reveal the new Celestie Lertis. Falling to the ground, she stretches as she stands up straight, totalling ten feet and six inches tall as her dual-jointed legs start pulling in the remainder of the fallen curicite, using it to finish the red crystal forming a sort of armor made from tiny scales on her legs, arms and shoulders. She stretches her arms over her head, the elbows popping as they fall completely into place. Her long black hair now extends halfway down her midsection, nearly five feet long, in braid-like appendages covered in tiny crystal scales. "That feels so much better. I must admit, I feel the need to thank you, Keith." She says, her new, inhumanely bright blue eyes staring him down. She extends one, six-fingered hand towards him, a small ball of energy forming in her other hand as her foot starts to tap to an unheard beat. Without warning, she spins on a toe, launching the tightly-packed ball at his shield, a single rune shining inside it as she unfurls her wings, the curicite-webbing and scales glinting like diamonds in the light. She spins once again, on the other foot this time, as she keeps to the beat, picking a rock up with her foot and slinging that at the shield as well.

Her scale-braids fly through the air as she turns a third time, placing her to Keith's left as she forms two tiny double-bladed scythes, one in each hand. The shafts just barely large enough to extend past her four thumbs, she starts twirling them in her hands, causing an interesting blurr effect. "How shall I thank you?"
Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #21 on: August 15, 2010, 10:53:43 PM »
"Hmph...How's this-When this tournament is over, you'll stop with yer high and mighty talk, and actually decide to teach me how to do half 'a those things, eh?" He said with a smile of his own, before causing the shield to drop, and causing his fingers to become bladed. His eyes, glowing red, met her blue ones. "Blue, huh..." He mumbled, before leaping backword, onto the wall of the arena, and high into the air. "Chaos...Will triumph over all. That, I am sure. But...Perhaps you are right...There might be room for Order within the ways of Chaos." He said, in the air, causing blades of Chaos to rain from above her.
From her side, another Keith appeared, connected by shadows to the other. This one, with a chaotic axe and blade for arms, hacked and slashed in her direction, as a distraction, but not direct attack.
And behind her, yet another attack came...A Chaos Warp appeared, and from it, came boulders, charged with the Chaos of the Warp.
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #22 on: August 16, 2010, 12:50:16 AM »
She laughs as she redirects the original orb to hit the shadow. Erupting in a shower of light, the shadow snaps, breaking apart the clone even as she twirled again, now facing the warp and its boulders. "As you are now, a single seal could spell your death." She says, extending her six fingers and whispering soft words. With each word, a finger draws a symbol into the air, the completed symbols seeking out the nearest boulders and sealing them, trapping the chaos and refining it, before taking control of the boulder's flight. Half of the boulders fly at the now unprotected Keith, while the other half merge together over Celestie's head, forming a stone wall laced with a mix of chaos and order, two dichotomies working together and forming a neutrality. To continue protecting herself from the blades, she merely has to keep fueling the wall with enough Order to negate the chaos. She now turns to face Keith, blue eyes shining as she once again unfurls her wings.

"As long as there is any sort of order, or a pattern of any kind, Chaos will not fully triumph. Those who will not embrace both sides are those who will fall." She says, smiling at the Shaper as her wings start to glow a soft blue. With a powerful gust of wind created by the beating of her wings, a hail of Curicite needles engraved with sealing glyphs soars at him, just behind the boulders.
Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.

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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #23 on: August 16, 2010, 02:20:52 AM »
The real Keith being the one up high, he used Chaos to counteract the Order in the needles, preventing even one from reaching him. The Chaos Warp had already closed, and Keith could feel that the area had lost much of the Chaos, becoming too neutral for him. So, staying in the air, he forcibly opened two Chaos Warps to allow more of the Chaos to enter the arena and help revitalize him.
His first instinct was to send it all at her, overwhelm her with Chaos, the second being to run through a Warp and flee. Again, for the second time in his existance, the first being when she began to emerge from the cocoon, he disobeyed his instincts, and instead thought of something to do. Head on attack would just result in her canceling the Chaos out, canceling HIM out. Fleeing would mean a loss in the tournament, and he wouldn't disgrace the name of Chaos anyhow. A slight pain rippled across his form, as he realized the Chaos was attempting to force him to follow his instincts. He didn't listen...Instead, he kept a fair distance between them, as the pain grew and visible effects of the Chaos upon him trying to force his actions manifested into arcs of red lightning. He felt something at the corner of his mind...But couldn't place it. It felt like...A old memory, that was just resurfacing...And slowly, but certainly, the design on his own armor began to shift...

Turning his arm into a bow, using the Chaos provided by the Warps(which had, by the way, closed again) to provide arrows to fire upon her, made only of Chaos. Not a true attack, but rather a keep-away tactic. He kept far from her, never allowing her to close the distance, and kept preventing the order from reaching him.

(1/4 to Keith being able to access some of his locked Metamemories)
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Re: The tournament continues! Round 2's Final Match!
« Reply #24 on: August 17, 2010, 01:49:55 AM »
((What's a metamemory?))

The boulders she'd neutralized and redirected get peppered by the arrows. The refined chaos inside the boulders hits the unrefined chaos in the arrows, causing a chain reaction, bursting apart the boulders and creating stone shrapnel flying at Keith, followed behind by the still-soaring curicite needles, albeit without their seals. Because he never did anything about the needles themselves, they pierce into him, painfully, as Celestie smiles.

"So worried about my seals that you don't recognize an attack hidden inside another." She says, smiling up at the man as she coats her hands in sealed barriers. Quite literally grabbing each arrow he shoots at her directly, she shakes her head as she looks at him. "Just as Chaos will not win as long as there is the tiniest bit of Order left, neither with Order win if there is the tiniest bit of Chaos left. But without the other, the universe cannot survive." She says, even as engravings spread about the caught arrows.
Seeing the world through a child's eyes is truly a unique experience. It helps you to retrieve that sense of awe, magic and wonder that you lost as you lost your innocence. Tell me, when was the last time that you thought of those childhood dreams? You know, the ones that you used to spend all your time wondering and fantasizing about? Have you forgotten them so easily? Have you forgotten what it felt like to see something for the first time, to see the magic in the mundane? Everyone says you should take the time to 'Stop and smell the roses'. But you should also take the time to look for the fairies, embrace the wind and enjoy the rain. Just once today, stop for a moment and look into that little piece of nature you pass everyday. Perhaps you may see something you did not notice before.