[center][h1]Stand[/h1] [h3]Part 2[/h3] [b]Starring... [color=00bfff]Yang'Ze, Avatar of Ull'Yang 42 Might & 5 Free Points[/color] [color=orange]Custos, Avatar of Kyre, 34.25 Might & 6 Free Points[/color] [color=Peru]Goliath, Avatar of Teknall, 25.5 Might & 1 Free Point[/color] And Special Guest... Violence, Avatar of Vestec, 8 Might & 3 Free Points[/b] [/center] [hider=A Gauntlet is Thrown] Custos acts as bait to lure Violence into the ambush coordinated by the three Avatars. Violence, however, plays hard to get. He insists on staying amongst his horde of mortals. Violence proceeds to grab a hain boy and tear its leg off, taunting Custos. Custos calls Violence a coward before a sudden light flashed, caused by Ull'Yang, temporarily blinding Violence and giving Kyre the chance to save the kid. Following that, the two Avatars engage into a melee and Custos manages to drag Violence to the ambush point. Goliath falls from orbit and also engages Violence who tries to flee from the two avatars. Unfortunately for him, Yang'Ze was there to intercept him. Yang'Ze and Goliath battle with Violence, one trying to bind him and the other to weaken him. Nevertheless, Violence manages to always come up with ways to escape the two. That's when Custos comes back into play. Kyre creates a new weapon, a long and terrifying axe, with which he proceeds to attack Violence... To be continued. [/hider] The sun was two handwidths above the horizon, rising still behind him and to the east as Custos flew into sight of the horde encampment. He landed far enough out such that Violence would have to come to him, but close enough to be easily heard without amplifying his voice. Wings retracting, Custos yelled aloud to Violence, [color=orange]"Violence, I wish to challenge you to combat! Will you accept? If you accept, show yourself!"[/color] Violence looked up, red eyes shining as he examined Custos ahead of him. Tular stood next to him, idly creating and then dissipating a ball of compressed destruction. The horde was arrayed behind them, responding to the sudden voice that echoed out around them. [b]"No."[/b] He grinned, his white mask stretching unnaturally. [b]"It's always more fun to fight amongst the mortals. So much more exciting!"[/b] [color=orange]"Really? Why not have some destructive fun elsewhere and let the mortals fight it out themselves? Besides, I promise you will have more than enough fun fighting me."[/color] [b]"Oh, I'm sure you'll fight me wherever I am. No need to rush, Kyre my boy."[/b] He waved a dismissive hand. [b]"Now, if that's all, we need to go. Unless, of course, you'd like to speed things up...?"[/b] Violence grinned again, watching him. [color=orange]"If you wish to force a fight here and now, well... That would render your deal with Teknall null and void now wouldn't it? The horde and the village would be destroyed. I simply offer a bit of entertainment before the main event. You wouldn't want to lose that favor he owes, correct?"[/color] [b]"Fiiine. But I have plenty of entertainment before the horde...in fact,since your here, why don't I show you some entertainment?"[/b] Violence snapped his fingers, and Tular ran off. It took only a few moments, the Hain coming back with another, smaller, Hain in his grasp. [b]"You see Kyre, not all of the Hain were in villages. Nor did the Horde always kill their victims. They knew I'd like some fun too!"[/b] Violence took the Hain child from Tular, chuckling. [b]"This little boy here was lucky enough to live after watching his family torn apart. I'm going to do the same to him now. You can leave if you don't like entertainment."[/b] Violence ripped off the Hain boy's leg, tossing it aside. The boy screams started echoing across the camp, stirring the horde's bloodlust. [b]"What's the matter, boy? Can't take a little entertainment?"[/b] Despite Custos' eyes being incapable of it, they gave off the sense of being narrowed in anger. [color=orange]"You know what? You're a coward,"[/color] [b]"And you're a fool who cares ab-"[/b] Suddenly, a flash of light covered the horizon behind Custos. Anyone laying their eyes upon that flash would find themselves temporarily blinded for a couple of seconds. [b][color=00bfff][i]"Let's see how you'll react to this..."[/i][/color][/b] Violence lifted a hand to his eyes, glaring, while Tular and the other Horde members flinched away. He looked down at his now empty hands. [b]"Well. That was rude. I was having fu-"[/b] Custos was suddenly very, very close, and in a flash, there was a stone gauntleted fist in his vision. Then, it hit him. Comparatively, it was like a human getting hit very hard in the face with a large brick. Violence's head snapped back and he went tumbling through the air, coming to a stop in a pile of limbs and dirt. [b]"Oh? Are we kicking off the festivities now?"[/b] He cracked his neck, spider web lines all throughout his mask. In an instant he was gone, linked hands going to crash down on Custos' back. Only to find the back of his opponent's head rushing towards him. Violence stumbled backwards, pushed back by the force of the blow. Quickly bending forward, Custos charged shoulder-first straight at Violence, slamming into him and sending him flying back and with a 'bang' through a tree. Violence bounded to his feet, grinning. [b]"I don't quite like this area. How about we change it to a more...[i]crowded[/i] area, hmmm?"[/b] With a burst of speed he was gone, heading towards the Hain village. [color=orange]"So much for favors..."[/color] Blindingly fast, even for Violence, Custos appeared in front of him, wagging a finger in disappointment. [color=orange]"To be expected."[/color] [b]"I'm not going to touch a hair on their shells! I just like fighting in cities! All the collateral will be on you!"[/b] Without warning, Custos tackled the avatar, charging him through tree and boulder... Well, anything that got in the way was broken, shattered, and generally destroyed as they went. Suddenly they broke into a clearing, and with a knee to the stomach of Violence, Custos brought his arm back to deliver one more punch that sent his opponent back. [color=orange][i]Now.[/i][/color] Above the two avatars streaked a bright light, like a falling star. However, it was getting closer fast. Really fast. Violence quickly recovered, tilting his head at Custos. [b]"Well. This is boring...."[/b] Violence looked up at the light; realising what it was he quickly stepped to the side, just as it crashed into the ground where Violence had stood but a second before. The ground where he landed exploded in a shower of molten slag as rocket jets decelerated the giant metal form instants before impact and its four great metal legs absorbed the rest of the impact. A hypersonic shockwave followed, blasting through Violence's ears and thundering across the landscape. The metal plating glowed white-hot from the heat of reentry, drying and cracking what little dirt nearby that was left undisturbed. Swiftly Goliath stood upright again, unfettered by the impact, and drew weapons with each of its six hands. [b]"An ambush? Really?"[/b] Violence said. [b]"And you call me a coward."[/b] [color=orange]"I said it would be fun, didn't I?"[/color] Violence waved a hand. [b]"Technicalities. If I can't use them you can't."[/b] He looked Goliath up and down, then glanced at Custos, ducking under blades to get a better view of the robot. [b]"So. Is this everyone, or shall I wait for more dramatic entrances?"[/b] Goliath was not one for discussions, or honour, or fun. At last Teknall removed the restraints from Goliath, and now Goliath could be the ruthless killing machine it was built to be. With great speed, Goliath stepped forwards to Violence, and with calculated precision and startling speed and strength he thrust out a spear, swung down war hammers from above and the left, and sliced with a sword from the right. Violence leapt over Goliath, landing on his head. [b]"How rude!"[/b] He quipped, leaping away again as Goliath swung an axe at him. [b]"I would love to stay and chat. But this is all rather premature, and while exciting, ruins the fun! I'll go back to my horde, you to your village. Buh-bye!"[/b] This was all said as he dodged, smacked out of the air, or simply ducked half a dozen crossbow bolts fired at him by Goliath. Violence sprinted off towards his Horde, leaving a cheerful wave in behind. [color=00bfff][b]Not on my watch![/b][/color] A sonorous voice was heard. The clouds above parted as a massive pillar, almost fifty feet in length fell from the sky, heading towards the area Violence had just started running to. At the same time, from the forest in front of him came a flash of light before a massive beam of sunlight shot forward towards Violence, burning everything in its path. This attack from earth and sky was sure to cause some trouble for his brother's Avatar, Ull'Yang thought. Violence screeched to a halt, digging in his heels and backpedaling rapidly. [b]"Is that Ull'Yang? I haven't heard your voice in millennia! My, my, everyone is brought out here today! It'll be fun!"[/b] He darted to the left, heading towards the Hain Village. [b]"But later, though! This is all rather sudden! You didn't even give me time to prepare!"[/b] [color=00bfff][b]"Sorry, but I've got some favors to repay. I'm afraid you'll have to stay here for the meantime!"[/b][/color] Yang'Ze shouted and ran towards Violence whilst at the same time manipulating his rod, shapeshifting it into a long golden chain. With a shout, he shot it forward, his divine essence guiding it like a missile towards the fleeing Violence, intending to bind him. Violence ripped a tree from the ground, throwing it in the way of the chains. It shattered into a pile of splinters.[b] "Fine. Hands on approach it is!"[/b] Violence darted to the side, grabbing the chain. [b]"Come down here Yangy! I want to [i]chat![/i]"[/b] He yanked on the chain, intent upon dragging the sun god to him. Yang'Ze didn't expect Violence to just grab and pull at his chain, so he was taken aback a little. Still holding onto his weapon, Yang'Ze allowed himself to be pulled forward while a smile appeared on his face. [color=00bfff][b]"Vestec, you sure you want to be touching that right now?"[/b][/color] Yang'Ze sneered. Suddenly, hundreds of shackles started sprouting from the chain, each one going for the Avatar's four limbs. One particular chain grew where Violence had grabbed the chain, its steel jaws closing in with unimaginable speed. Violence quickly let go of the chain, dodging out of the way of the first one and leaping back from the hundreds more that followed. [b]"For shame, changing things like that this. But if you want to change things, I can change things too!"[/b] A massive javelin appeared in Violence's hands. He threw it with deadly accuracy at the incoming avatar. As Violence was distracted with Yang'Ze, Goliath struck, his rockets propelling him at Violence at super-sonic speeds. He thrust his spear at Violence and had his swords poised to catch him if he dodged to the side. Violence ducked to the side, grabbing Goliath's spear as he did so, Violence dug his heels into the ground, lifting the spear up to throw the giant metal robot over him. As he did so, two swords, one axe, and two warhammers all hit him at once. Over Violence's head Goliath went, yet its grip on the spear stayed firm, and it landed firmly on all four feet on the other side of Violence. Unrelenting, Goliath swung another flurry of blows at the Avatar of Vestec, who stood so close. [color=00bfff][b]"Hmph,"[/b][/color] since his binding attack failed and with the incoming spear from Violence, Yang'Ze retracted his chain, coiling it in front of him before melding it together to form a thick, circular golden shield. When the spear fell upon his shield, Yang'Ze's whole body felt the impact as he was thrown backwards a few feet. Fortunately, the shield took most of the brunt of the spear. Yang'Ze took a few moments to regain his composure before locking on Violence once more. It seemed like Goliath had made his move. Yang'Ze cocked his arm back and threw his golden shield with force towards Vestec's avatar. On its way, the shield started spinning uncontrollably while razor sharp teeth grew from its perimeter. This deadly shield headed straight for Violence! More cracks appeared on Violence's mask, and he grunted in pain. He grunted again and more cracks appeared as the weapons struck him again. He heard the whistling of a large shield heading his way. He swung Goliath around towards the incoming projectile, Goliath's four legs scuttling to maintain their footing, creating a giant metal robot barrier between him and the shield. Quickly Goliath twisted its two arms with the bucklers on them behind itself, angled them to deflect the shield overhead, and braced them against the impact. Simultaneously, Goliath's two sword arms sliced inwards at Violence's hands like a pair of scissors. Custos was not yet out of the fight, far from it, Kyre himself let the idea for a new weapon enter the minds of the Hain at the village, and in turn his avatar. Quickly an axe formed from its hand, but the blade was thrice the size of the usual, and the handle thrice as long. With a head of stone and a bar of wood strengthened by his power, Custos charged at the back of Violence. Stopping, planting his right foot behind his target's corresponding heel, roots grew out to that Violence's foot in place. With nary a noise Custos twisted right, weapon stretched out behind him, a wind up for a great swing. Then he let loose, swinging horizontally at the target's waist, the power from his arms multiplied in speed and power by the body's rotation... [hider=Might Summary] [list] [*][b]2 MP[/b] by Kyre, on teleport away the Hain boy. [*][b]1 MP[/b] by Kyre, to permanently buff Custos' speed. [*][b]0.25 MP[/b] by Kyre to bring the idea of the great axe, to mortals. [*]Kyre has spent [b]1 MP[/b] towards [b]Armament[/b] (Portfolio) [/list] Kyre has [b]31 MP[/b] remaining [/hider][hr][hider=...] [color=PaleGoldenrod][i][b]There[/b] It fights others [b]We may destroy it distracted[/b] Wait[/i][/color] [/hider]