The Grand Tournament - Round One - Drav and Versok

[Nor'baal]

”Holy...,’’ whimpered the commentator, Slim ‘Slick’ McJim far above in his box ”...that is going to hurt, but you can keep yourself warm and dry this winter with a long trip to Nar Shaddaa - the City of Dreams!’’ he added, adopting a monotone voice as he read out the list of the events sponsors whilst the latest mutilated entrant was dragged off the court.

”But next up into the Arena is a man who has travelled far to compete today, GARMAK, THE….!’’ there was a pause as the commentator stopped to think of a suitable name ”THE MERCILESS!”

A semi-loud cheer was heard from the arena as the Commentator made a mental note to make a better name in future ”Facing down the ferocious Acklay, this is going to be one hell of a fight! he screamed with joy, as the main doors opened...

OOC - In this, the first round, @Versok will face off against a beast controlled by @Drav. Once the round is concluded, and one side stands the winner - the rolls will be flipped and the dice cast once more, with Vers NPCing for Drav

The beast player will go first, followed by the combatant.

Having rolled a four and a three, Drav will control a level three Acklay.

 

[Drav]

Slowly light began to creep its way into the dark chamber. A female light-blue Acklay raised her head, Chop-chop, as her handler used to call her, and gazed with her eyes towards the brightness that was getting bigger by every moment. She was not scared. Beasts fear the unknown, but Chop-chop knew exactly what was going to happen. Her eyes slowly grew used to the light, and she could soon make out the details of the arena. The loud cheering of the crowd did not scare her anymore like it used to. She was only aware of one thing; there was food outside, and she was starving.

Everyone in the arena could hear the rhythmic throbbing of the Acklay's spiked legs moving her through the gates. She looked over the crowd, almost if inspecting how big it is tonight, then turned her head where they usually put food for her. And there it was as always, her pray. It was much bigger than usual, but this only triggered the thought in her that tonight's meal will be great. She will not sleep hungry tonight.

She extended her neck towards the Esoomian instinctively, and let out a screeching scream, signaling her opponent that he should be scared. Her sharp legs beating on the ground she began her attack, moving towards the pray, her eyes fixed on it, her teeth showing while her her mouth turned to a snarl.

@Versok
OOC - Good luck, have fun! :)

 

[Versok]

The crowd cheering, the aura of death, the dangerous beasts that would eat him alive wouldn't he kill them before, Garmak was feeling like he was at home, the only thing he missed about being a Hutt slave was fighting beasts every week, and now he could do it without losing his freedom, which was all right, he didn't even know if there was a reward, and he didn't care at all, he would probably just cut the Hutt who organized this in two, but now, he just wanted to kill big monsters or die by them. Today, he was about to fight a rare beast, the ones he fought when he was young were far weaker, however, Garmak also got stronger, and he also got some new toys.

So there he was, exiting the main door, wearing his Vagabond armor a MD-12 Shotgun blaster attached to his back, a vibro-spear in his hand, and of course, his chainsaw arm replacing the other one, he was ready for a risky, close quarters fight, for he couldn't do much in long range. He was no genius, or maybe not even intelligent, but if Garmak knew about something, it was fighting, and if he was expert about something, it was killing beasts.

So, the Esoomian looked at the beast, dangerous, but atleast it didn't have the advantage of size in this battle, the Acklay screamed, trying to scare him, however, Garmak screamed back like a madman, like another animal, defying the beast's dominance, and so, the beast started to approach, Garmak crouched a little, preparing his vibro-spear in a low stance while raising and revving up his chainsaw arm to defend himself against the acklay's attacks "Come here ya dumb lobster, I am gonna be the one eatin' ya today"

 

[Drav]

Hearing the load scream of the Esoomian, Chop-chop slowed down her pace a little. She was used to her prey not putting up a big fight, and if this would have been in the wild, she would have reconsidered attacking. But this was not, and she did not have the option to turn back and choose her meal. This is what she got, and if she wanted to be fed, she had to work for it.

The noise of the chainsaw made her angry, her bestial instincts kicked in, and she moved in to attack.

The Acklay sensing the spear as something that can hurt her, Garmak managed to keep Chop-chop away form himself for now. She stopped right at the end of the spear, then raised to four of her back legs, freeing up her front legs to attack, while her torso elevated into the air. Followed by a scream, she stabbed at the Esoomian, first with her right, then her left spiked legs, both aimed at the other's upper-body. She was inspecting the reaction of her pray, and looking for an opening to snatch him up.

 

[Versok]

The Esoomian stood up when he saw that the Acklay decided to be careful with him, probably because the scream he did, so, he didn't need to defend himself against a charge and didn't need to stand in such a position. The Acklay would instead try to attack with her legs, if the Esoomian had lips, he would have probably smiled at that moment, while he didn't fight Acklays before, he knew well about their anatomy, and he saw an opening the moment her torso elevated into the air.

The Acklay had some of the toughest skins an animal could probably have, even his chainsaw would take a bit of time trying to cut the beast's head off, however, there was a point that was fleshy, that was vulnerable, that was their belly, and when the Acklay tried to attack him with her legs, her belly got vulnerable to attacks. So, the Esoomian would quickly dash back to get out of the range, which would not be difficult because the Acklay himself didn't want to get too close because of the spear, and threw his vibro-spear at her belly with great force. The vibro-spear alone had great penetration and cutting power, enough to easily pierce the exposed skin and hit deeply into the beast, adding to this the great force of the Esoomian, the Acklay would probably take a great blow, one that would at least, heavily wound it. Would it try to keep fighting or not, Garmak reached his shotgun with his now empty hand to have yet another backup weapon if the beast even tried to fight after getting wounded like that

 

[Drav]

Right after the stab with her left leg, a sudden and sharp pain reached her senses. She saw the Esoomian stepping back when she started attacking, then his spear was already on its way towards Chop-chop, before she could lower herself back to the ground. The spear found her flesh while she was moving downward, thus creating a deep tear. There was immense pain, but the Acklay has experienced that a few times with previous stronger meals.

The weight of the spear's shaft dragged it down to the ground, so Chop-chop was pulling it on the ground as she took a few steps back. It penetrated deep enough that it was still hanging from the Acklay's body. She lowered her head down, and with a swift motion grabbed the spear with her mouth, then threw it far away to the left of her, and the right of the Esoomian.

Enraged, yet cautious, she looked back at her enemy, while blood was dripping down her body, she still had strength for a short time. Her instincts told her to charge, and end the encounter quickly. So she began charging the Esoomian, her body kept low to the ground, head extended forward. This way she could keep an eye on the other, following his movement, and bite at him when she got in range by tilting her head and just generally aiming at his torso.