[h1][center][color=crimson] Diana Schwarzwald [/color][/center][/h1]

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Academy Grounds; Underground

[i][b]I Was Always Waiting To Link A Certain Song For This, Hahahaha![/b][/i]

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[@Zelosse][@Kalleth]
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As the walls fell to exposure her opponent, Diana felt ready for he occasion. After getting done it had given her some time to rest, to focus her mind and body. Regain some energy and focus herself for whatever would come next, since apparently she was one of the faster ones to get done with the course. Because hell, she didn't know what would come next, and she had to be prepared. A tournament perhaps? Duels to the knockout? Albeit, her bloodied and banged up look was probably badass in her opinion, though she didn't have a mirror to look at to know for sure. Though she'd just grinned and chuckled the idea of looking like a bloodied badass away as the walls began to move. Standing up, Diana's controlled breathing kicked in as she entered a mode of focus. Albeit, this did not stop a grin from coming to her face as she saw a certain guy standing there across from her. Actually, the same guy she'd teased earlier while in her swimsuit, though she wasn't sure how her appearance held up now with her current look. Haha. 

Diana right away took a fighting stance as she kept her eyes on Felix, peripherals keeping note of her surroundings. If the Headmaster or others could do something here, maybe, then as a result she'd need to be at least ready to react rather than overly tunnel-visioned on her opponent himself. Not that she wasn't giving him due attention for the occasion, as it were. It was something that helped her focus her mental and physical energies, and keep on her toes after all that icy tunnel climbing and the blow she took earlier. 

[center][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-WpHdNFLxo[/youtube][/center]

As soon as the wall was fully down, Diana made a quick burst forwards towards Felix "as if" to throw a fast punch at him, a move meant to (hopefully) either make him sit still to defend so she could follow through with her move and actually attack him, [u][b]OR[/b][/u] otherwise make him move to the side so she could make a feint to catch him where he moved to. A basic idea, but she wanted her opponent to make the first reactionary move if she could force him to do so. If she could take an advantage early, she could potentially get in some valuable blows against an opponent who...well, hadn't even done the other parts of the exam apparently. Sheesh. 

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[h1][center][color=gold] Leanne Hillcrest [/color][/center][/h1]

[b][center][i]Ready To Brawl....Unless It All Goes Wrong Again....Or The Other Guy Passes Out Or Something[/i][/center][/b]

[@Zelosse][@Kalleth][@Regitnui]

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She'd....she'd finally made it through. Her shadow limbs constructs had proved useful in making her way to the end, leaving her less physically drained than before but a little bit mentally taxed by the focus she had to put on her powers to get to this point. She apparently had been one of the last to make it here, though, not leaving her much time to pull out a few of the burrs and twig parts and such that stuck to her clothes as she had made her way through still. That she hadn't been able to fully avoid at all, but even so she had made it. Standing up once more from where she had sat against the back wall of her little part of this "arena" this was being used as now, Leanne took up somewhat of a stance, bracing herself at least to be on the safe side. She was not the world's best fighter by any means, really, but...she had practiced quite a lot since getting here with her abilities. Sometimes alone in the dark outside, or where the quiet and focus were at their best in her room after the lights were turned off. Many a time during classes with Headmaster Kano and the other small bit of Darkness users here. Whatever had worked. Plus, she done at least regular exercise each day to keep up physically more than the average person. Albeit. athletes who did more were probably well ahead of her in ways. 

Regardless, to her surprise the individual she had been put against was....the guy from earlier? She'd physically picked up a lazy girl who'd run into him as she herself was walking to get some fresh air, and this guy had been there and began to panic and such around people. Though she felt a sense of happiness that he had made it so far, she was also floored he had made it so far. Much less was here for this battle. Would he even fight her? Do anything? Would he freak out again? Perhaps she was underestimating him for getting this far, and anime tournament arc had taught her that she didn't need to fully back down or take this guy for nothing. At least....unless he literally proved the doubts she had about him right, in which case that'd be sad. Though with a light grimace and a nod to herself as the wall was nearly fully down, she steeled herself for the potential here at least for a fight to occur and such. 

[color=gold]"It's great to see you again,"[/color] Leanne said, though it was hard to fake or feign a sense of joy that he was here, though her defensive stance told a different story as well, albeit potentially one of over-or-underestimation depending on how this went, [color=gold]"You read to do this?"[/color]

It kinda felt bad to fight this guy of all people, from what little she had seen of him. But she wasn't going to be caught vulnerable if possible.