Doc Doctor

Ghosts in the Darkness (Ruby Vs. Shashous-Throth)

Ruby's free arm would probably be torn up by the monster as her kick struck it in the chest. It was forced a little ways back with a pig-like grunt, rivulets of stringy red saliva hanging from its mouth. It would be but a brief reprieve though, for shortly after it would then twist its head sideways and try to clamp down upon her good leg, above the knee.

When it clawed up her arm it might have ripped open the brachial artery. That, in addition to her mauled leg, would probably begin making the thief feel weary from blood loss. It still hung on wth its tail, and Ruby wouldn't be able to hold the claws on her chest back with a severely damaged arm. Unless she was able to stop it, she'd get eviscerated by the relentless creature. It fought just like a predatory animal. Like the lion which drags down and kills prey on the Savannah. No doubt Ruby was used to killing humans, but taking down a savage beast was an entirely different kind of fight. She had made a grave error by charging at it headlong with a knife.

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@LeeRoyBecause thems was t'ole days.

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

@Lunarlors34@Cruallassar

Shashous-Throth immediately sensed the sudden appearance of the ranger behind it with the constant ultrasonic frequency it emitted, echolocation and heat pits warning it of the threat. Of all the foes one could face, this one was certainly the most difficult to score surprise attacks against. Its lanky arms were deceptively long and powerful, and it lashed out with both of them whilst twisting its entire body clockwise to simultaneously attack both opponents at once. In order to slash at the monster's tail, James would have had to lower his blade and perhaps bend slightly over for the briefest of moments. He would be wide open. The left paw lashed out at the swordsman's body, threatening to tear open his right arm, pectoral muscles, and neck with a single, mighty swipe. James would be hard pressed to carry on with his slash at the tail and avoid getting shredded at the same time. As for the monster's right arm, it came hurtling about from the ranger's right as he tried to get in the back stab. Being in midair and with his free blade in the hand furthest from the attack, he'd be in danger of having his right bicep stripped to the bone as he was clawed right out of the air. The Magna Pater had no legs from which to garner strength or balance in its standing blows, but it more than made up for that with the momentum of its twisting, quarter-ton body.

Yami and Doc vs Cruallassar and Lunar

@CruallassarWhich arm are you attacking with? Left or right?

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Ink and Blood (Empty Armor vs. Doc Doctor)

@EmptyArmorI didn't really expect you to know, I just keep track of that stuff in my head. As you've probably noticed, I'm fine with virtually anything in a match so long as opponents are allowed to keep equal ground in terms of stat balance. If Tanya tore off her skin to reveal herself as the Michelin Tire Man, then I'd have Zande strip down to his true form of Shaquille O'Neal. The Doc abides.

Ink and Blood (Empty Armor vs. Doc Doctor)

I'd draw the line at the "weapon use" variation, since it was indeed "used" to channel offensive magic. At the least I'd say the battle would end in a tie due to that violation of the Rules Snake, considering Tanya's profile mentions that the Snake interprets new rules as the opponent means for them to be understood. Whilst Tanya's training and magic can augment her, I'd think at most it would barely equalize her with Zande's speed since his build is that of a pure physical monstrosity and not a versatile mage. Equalization would scarcely allow such freedom as to evade the kick in such a manner, which I'd deem in the name of friendly competition to have been allowed at the expense of myself using an equally impractical technique at some later point in time.

Is it just me or am I imagining this whole thing to be taking place in a courtroom? I feel like a fricking inebriated lawyer.

Ink and Blood (Empty Armor vs. Doc Doctor)

@SkallagrimIf only, eh? But I gotta work with what I've got, and the only refuge from the leaping axe throw thing is to point out all the other impractical (yet perhaps sensually stimulating and erotic) actions that had occured. I'm a bit drunk, but as of right now still comprehensible.

Ink and Blood (Empty Armor vs. Doc Doctor)

@Skallagrim
I'm sure you know what a front kick is, but it doesn't hurt to assume the worst case scenario. I just want to get a point across. At any rate you're right about what I asked for, and I doubt many of you have the time nor inclination to sift through the entire fight. If you stick to the last four pages that's fine. Just know that the match as a whole hasn't been all that practical to begin with. I mean, there's an ink magicking chick with a demon snake fighting a man–eating black guy on drugs.

Ink and Blood (Empty Armor vs. Doc Doctor)

Well, I suppose I'll try to defend the action a bit, just to not get steamrolled by judges.

@DJAtomika@Dynamo Frokane@Skallagrim
I'd normally think so too, concerning the efficiency of the attack. The primary reason I did that was in relation to the following feats, which gave me the impression that a certain level of practicality could be sacrificed in this match. Keep in mind that Zande's specialty is melee augmented with supernatural steroids.

Zande pushed off the wall and landed neatly beside Tanya, on her left. As the dreadlocked horror then rushed upon her, from betwixt its front teeth would a spray of blood jet out. It intended to spit in her eyes as she looked. A technique!? A plan!? The cannibal may have been insane, but insanity and stupidity were two different things.

After launching the distraction, Zande would swing his left axe up over his head in preparation for a strike, at the same time leaping forwards and thrusting his right foot towards Tanya's abdomen, actually trying to overshoot the mark so that if she tried to escape backwards it would still land. A charging front kick with enough weight behind it to drive most humanoids into the ground.

Though her skin written defences might absorb the shock of the kick, what came next would not be so easy to endure. Should the blow land, then instead of drawing back his foot Zande would bear his weight forwards. The brutal talons of his boot could easily gouge through the intestinal wall and catch on the top of the pelvis, dragging a victim to their knees and leaving them too traumatised to block the overwhelmingly powerful swing of his readied axe.

@Doc Doctor

The killer had gone berserk and rapidly closed the distance, its insane instincts piloting its body more immediately than its mind. All the same, it wouldn't make life so easy as to attack without a backup plan. As it landed next to Tanya with a weighty thunk, it attempted the gambit of blinding her with its tar-like spit before throwing everything behind its weight in a vicious kick. Fortunately, Tanya's pact with her Snake hadn't dulled her reflexes at all, or it would have been a rather poor weapon of last resort.

She pivoted towards the monster as it landed, and threw up her left hand in reflex as the inky jet of blood spurted from between its shark-like jaws. The feathers wrapped around her left forearm burned and disappated at the blast of foul liquid, but there were yet enough about her back to propel her forward. All Tanya needed to do to avoid the incoming kick was duck down low, the ironshod boot swinging like a doorbuster overhead.

@EmptyArmor

Empty is a great fighter and someone I love to roleplay with, but out of my own stubborn competitiveness I am inclined to say that I imagined that throwing an axe in mid-air would be no less improbable than ducking below a fighter's gut kick, much less a superhuman one. Just my logic though. For reference...