[color=00746b][h3]Alex Kaplan[/h3][/color] [hr][hr] For one beautiful moment, Alex was soaring through the air to glory. He had the droop on his opponent, and a well placed fist of steel would be more than enough to secure his spot at Four Winds. Right before the moment of truth all chances of success were literally ripped away from him as a huge explosion erupted on the field. As the smoke dissipated it was clear that Varus was far stronger than any of them had imagined. Flying head-over-ass never leaves you with a nice feeling afterwards. Alex slammed into Akasha and Nihiri. He noted that he in fact could not move a muscle, and had somehow pinned both of them under him. The panther-girl let out a roar and then the whole world went black as he sank into unconsciousness. [hr] Waking back up was slow for Alex. He noticed things in sequences. First, was that he was in fact, still on top of a body. Second, was that the body was most definitely female. And lastly, he noticed that he was about one or two head-shakes away from motor boating said female. Kaplan picked up his head from the poor girl's chest and gave her a sheepish look. [color=00746b]"Not gonna lie, usually I wait until a few dates into a relationship to get where we are right now."[/color] Hopefully the joke lightened the mood instead of making him look like a prick. Either way he untangled himself from Alice as quickly as he could and dusted himself off. Alex offered Alice a hand, wait- Alice's? How had he ended up on top of her? He could have sworn he had fallen on top of panther-girl and demon-arm-guy, right? [color=00746b]"Wait uh... What happened?"[/color] [b][color=00746b][i]Wow for someone as smart as you, you can sound like a royal retard sometimes.[/i][/color][/b] He thought to himself, mentally facepalming.