Dueling Ring Tournament Round 1: Sotan Grey VS. Matsu Ike

[Prancing Yawn]

Sotan Grey jumped from rooftop to rooftop on the metropolis planet of Coruscant. Neon green and blue lights shined on his armor, transforming his shadow into a strange shade of purple. His footsteps were heavy and echoed across the skyline as his boots pounded on the cold durasteel roofs. He was on the run - he had just made away with a huge bundle of credits, cleanly, as he always did.

But somebody was following him.

A large airbus passed overhead, and Sotan took the opportunity as it presented itself. He clawed a large length of cable out of his utility belt and tossed it up, the magnetic hook on the end attaching to the underbelly of the airbus. He grabbed on with both hands and swung himself off the roof. He looked down to see several speeders dangling just beneath his feet.

His eyes locked on the airbus's course - it was going just over a large holosign. Sotan yanked the cable off the bus and began to fall, using the Force to cushion his landing. He landed rolling on another rooftop. He ran to the edge, only to find there was nothing else to jump on to. He was trapped.

Sotan turned around to face his pursuer, clipping the bag of credits onto his utility belt.

"Eh, you're not CSF, that's for sure - you couldn't have followed me on that airbus. That's a hard trick, you know..

and it seems,"

he looked over his shoulder again, eyes looking into the deep hole of airstreets, filled with speeders and floating signs.

".. that I'm trapped."

 

[Syn]

Matsu had been following the man and when he made a show she flew faster. Flying was easy hell most of what she could do was easy now combining powers that took some out of her and using some of the more exotic abilities she had that required concentration that she was working on learning. Slowly Matsu moved as he jumped off and she cloaked herself both in the force and with the light bending it around her own body and watching. She was wearing her white bodysuit and master robes with the black underrobe. She looked at the man and he spoke as she uncloaked remained very still with her sheath at her side under the robe. She had her parasol in her hands and spoke softly but her voice could carry. She had her lightsaber in her pocket out of view now that she really did follow form zero. She wouldn't fight unless she had to. "It is over, surrender and allow me to take you to the police. Theft is a crime." Matsu made no move for anything, she wanted to see what he would do and only used a thought shield to keep him from getting into her head. If he tried he would an just a wrought irn fence that no one could bypass.

 

[Prancing Yawn]

"Theft is a crime?! Well, I honestly didn't know that until now.. "

A sarcastic grin played on his mouth, and a glint was in his eye behind his mask.

"So, you're a Jedi, huh? I can tell. Pacifist, cloth-robe type. Must be a lightsaber or two on you somewhere."

Sotan's shotos, on the other hand, were in plain sight, one clipped onto each side of his utility belt perpendicularly. His arms were folded and he looked at the woman closely, from head to toe. No doubt she was a Jedi, atleast a Knight.

Sotan unclipped both of his shotos from his belt and ignited them. He twirled them with his fingers and they left a neon blue circle trail.

"No need for semantics. I'm not giving up this loot, you're not letting me escape.

And I'm anxious to see what color your lightsaber is."

 

[Syn]

Matsu looked at the blades and sighed a little disappointed he wanted to fight but she shifted her hand going to the sheath on her hip and her thumb the guard as she spoke. "Very well then. I take no joy in this but you force my hand." Matsu remained very still as she set her hand on the hilt and her eyes looked at the man. Matsu set the force into her legs as she rushed forward with all her speed and the force enhancing her. She went for a slash from Sotens hip to his shoulder as the songsteel chimed cutting through the air and glowed a silver shine. Matsu attack would send her if it hit or missed to the other end with her as a low crouch and the blade off to the side while she turns and holds the blade in a ready stance with both hands.

 

[Prancing Yawn]

Sotan flicked his shotos upward, easily deflecting the sword off of its course. He then shot his hand forward and projected a high-powered Force Push, enough to push Matsu to the middle of the rooftop if she didn't atleast try to resist. Whether it was effective or not, Sotan raised his right arm, and several discs of pure, hot plasma shot out of his gauntlet. He then spun around and shot a supercharged disc towards Matsu's feet, hoping to knock the Master off balance and charge towards her with a barrage of shoto swipes.

 

[Syn]

Matsu was running well dashing and the force push just made her faster as she grinned and came to the end spinning around. Matsu stood there with the saber as she held it with two hands and when Sotan fired she moved jumping backwards and off the sign. Matsu took a breathe as she floated there under the sign and reached out as she flew out and rounded her way up coming at Sotan for a decapitation strike while she flew.

 

[Prancing Yawn]

Sotan created an invisible Force Barrier around his neck, blocking the blow. He released a few dozen feet of magnetic cable from his utility belt and swung it around his head like a whip, increasingly swinging it faster and faster. He shot his arm out, releasing the cable towards Matsu. If there was anything metal within a few feet, it'd lock on.. then maybe he could keep this crazy lady grounded.

 

[Syn]

Matsu kept flying and turned seeing the magnetic grapple as it touched the songsteel blade and she held it staying in the air and tilted her head looking at Soten. Matsu rushed at him then with the blade keeping the grapple on it and swung it as she came for another chest and neck strike in a fly by. Matsu's hand on the blade remained firm and she smirked a little if he wanted to hold on she could fly with him attachedand went towards the skyto pick him up and send him off the edge.

 

[Prancing Yawn]

Sotan's feet quickly lifted off the ground as he was dragged into the air by Matsu - just like he wanted to. He worked his way up the cable, knowing that if his hand slipped he'd likely fall to his death in the airstreets below..

Sotan pulled the cable under his legs and let go for a moment before grabbing it again, yanking himself farther up the cable and much closer to Matsu. He was now in dangerously close range of her sword.. and would have to be much more careful. Whipping in the wind, he aimed his forearm gauntlet at Matsu and released, at point blank range, five plasma-coated discs at nothing less than superspeed, and then finally let go of the cable.. only to land on a passing airbus, traveling perpendicular to the flying Matsu. She had no ranged weapons, from what he could tell, so he'd keep his distance. For now.

 

[Veritas et Lux]

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