[color=ed1c24][h2]Fleuri Jodeau[/h2][/color]

Tyaethe would not let up, it seemed.  She flipped forward, swinging her weapon at Fleuri, no doubt intent on eliminating the numerical advantage against her.  To Fleuri, however, it was an opening- while Tyaethe was flipping through the air with her feet off the ground, she could not leverage her inhuman physical strength beyond the speed at which she had catapulted herself and the weight behind her weapon, and she would not be able to dance out of the way.  Fleuri stepped forward and brought his weapon down on where Tyaethe was landing.

He wouldn't be able to match her speed- her blow would likely hit before his own- and the convention of the sparring match would mean that he would be eliminated, regardless of whether his armor allowed him to withstand the blow- an infuriating technicality for a tournament fighter like Fleuri.  Fortunately, it would not stop his own blow from hitting its mark, and eliminating Tyaethe.  If this were a 1-on-1 fight, this would make him the loser in the exchange, but fortunately, he did not need to prevail- he only needed to eliminate his opponent, leaving his ally to prevail as the last one standing.

At least, he hoped that's how it'd play out.  The conventions of sparring did not always make perfect sense, and absorbing a blow from Tyaethe was a daunting prospect regardless.