MelonHead

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Just going to ignore the weapon pointing straight at you, letting me make good on my shot?

Even Snowy would have had trouble dodging a shot after it had left the barrel. Metz brushing of the trigger quickly became a squeeze as he had his pistol lined up, centre of mass, hardest to avoid. The bullet rocked out of the pistol, hurtling just left of centre at the swordsman’s chest, a nasty greeting by all accounts. It was a straight shot, the weapon briefly bucking in Metz’ hand as it fought his grip. The distance between them was probably about one hundred feet at that point, so his bullet would probably be arriving at its destination in about a quarter of a second, hardly enough time to be moving your entire body out the way. Metz couldn’t help but find it strange he hadn’t bothered reacting to the weapon being pointed at him, if he had moved then the evasion would be, if not easy, then a little closer to the realms of possibility.

He cocked the pistol and downed the vial of mana off to the left side of his mouth, allowing him a clear view of his enemy and whatever effect his round had on him, either forcing him to reveal some burst of speed or unnatural resilience. Metz was hoping for option three, the round perforating his heart and dropping him dead as easy as that. His realistic side was expecting something more unnatural, and certainly more dangerous for his wellbeing. He had a fail-safe though, the shard nestled in the palm of his right hand.

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And your black mana is shifting through the fourth wall apparently.

@GreivousKhan

It don't give no shits

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Set the host and your competitor against eachother for mad extra points, check.

My mind game game is on point this season.

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Are you happy now? Anything else?

@Skallagrim

Nah, seems fair now.

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Tell you what. I will change the battlefield to benefit you. Tell me what you want and I will change it for you.

@Skallagrim

Just remove the thin oxygen restriction, because there really is no way around that my character probably couldn't exert himself without asphyxiating.

The Dreamers would want a fair match after all, they would spot that one character can breathe normally while the other is struggling.

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I think that Melon's complaints are due to him forgetting that you don't even need to have the upper hand in battle in order to score well and win the tournament itself. If Tablurath remains dominant throughout the battle only by virtue of his powers being a hard counter to Metz's, then i think Skallagrim will have enough insight to notice that and adjust for it when he grades you.

Just do your best to kick Khan's ass; the rest doesn't make a bit of difference. :P

@Vordak

The scoring is irrelevant if you die. My complaint is more geared towards the fact that the environment clearly favours one character with a completely unnecessary debuff to the other. Is it really necessary for the air to be thin and the gravity to be so intense, two effects which only encumber my character?

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Metz couldn’t see much of his foe, seeing as how there was a gate between them, so he began pacing rightward early on to strafe around the obstruction. His weight slowed him, made him sluggish, giving the Mage the impression of being pained or otherwise infirm as he struggled on without mana. It called to him with every step, whispering to him that there was an easier way, that it would solve his problems. Mana had a tendency to do that. He had left his backpack on the ground where he arrived, lightening his load somewhat.

Finally he made enough ground to actually see his enemy, approaching him with no similar infirmity, Metz knew that the environment was to be against him for the combat. He sighed, expecting nothing less. Metz was a survivor of the apocalypse, he had come to expect those little inconveniences life tended to throw at you, however irritating. They weren’t far apart, maybe 150 feet, a pittance of distance to the sorts he’d been faced with thus far. Still, he’d overcome them, why would this fellow be any different?

“Maybe because he has two swords and doesn’t give a shit?” Metz asked himself, staring his masked enemy in the face. Fighting melodramatic assholes with masks was becoming somewhat irksome, he’d have preferred to be facing Snowy the Wolf. He chuckled to himself, and then let his frown re-assert itself. It wasn’t like him to be making light of a shit situation, Black Mana was an awful burden sometimes, and he didn’t appreciate how it unhinged him slightly. It was sort of like the edges of shock or hysteria, he’d seen men driven mad by one too many doses, he hoped that wasn’t what was in store for him.

“Of course not Metz, you’re going to die here, because that man doesn’t need any juice to walk tall in high gravity, and you’re too much of a bitch to let loose.”

“That was uncalled for.”

“Sorry.”

Now I’m apologizing to myself, Metz thought with despair, standing stock still and letting his enemy approach. He had a vial of mana in his left hand now, Pure Mana to be exact, and was toying with the lid of the metal flask as he watched the man’s approach. He drew his gun in one smooth motion, watching still. He raised the weapon in the man’s direction, his finger on the trigger, brushing it slightly. He wanted to see how fast the man could move, he should see just that the moment he levelled his gun, unless the man was suicidal. However, he didn’t pull the trigger.

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How quickly does the environment change and how extreme can the changes be? Are there any limitations? For example, is there anything really stopping me dropping Khan down a mile deep hole in the ground?

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He has no inherent advantage.

Oh and I failed to mention, I will be making flavor text posts in the IC.

@Skallagrim

Well, both our characters have a relatively human physiology which requires oxygen to work to full capacity. In the low-oxygen environment both of us would be inconvenienced, but his character has a gas mask to work around it. So in the strictest scientific sense he has a clear advantage because of the environment.

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Must be nice having the character advantage and the environmental advantage.